Keyboard+mouse inputs don't work

[Mykra]

I've got CachyOS and I tried setting up TuxBox today. Everything works as advertised but whenever I try to bind anything involving the Alt key, it just doesn't respond at all. Even binding the tourbox wheel to alt+scroll, it just scrolls. It's as if the computer just doesn't acknowledge its existence. Has anyone else had this problem? If so is there a fix?

[AndyCappDev]

Well... the application that you are using must support the Alt+scroll keyboard combo. All TuxBox does is map controls to keyboard combinations. If your app does not support that particular keyboard combination then it won't work.

And if your Desktop Environment is intercepting that combo it won't reach the application. Look at "Desktop Environment Shortcuts" in the Tips & Tricks section of the Gui User Guide (https://github.com/AndyCappDev/tuxbox/blob/master/docs/GUI_USER_GUIDE.md#tips--tricks). It explains how this works, and this is not a TuxBox specific issue, but inherent to how Linux Desktop Environments work.

Some Alt key combos are already mapped by your Desktop Environment. If so you will have to change your Desktop Environment for that combo so that it can reach your application.

[Mykra]

The application is DaVinci Resolve, where Alt+Scroll is not only the usual but the default method for zooming in/out. Using Alt+scroll with my regular keyboard and mouse is fine, but assigning Alt+Scroll to Tuxbox does not work. Putting Alt on a button by itself appears to work, which I will have to use for now, but combining Alt with other keys in Tuxbox just results in the "Alt" press not being recognized. I know this isn't a Desktop Environment shortcut because I've already been using Alt+Scroll with my keyboard for a while with positive results. I've also checked your guides and reinstalled Kdotool (I use Plasma KDE). Only an inconvenience which doesn't prevent me from using the app altogether, but definitely worth noting.

(Edit: After more tinkering, I've found out it's not the alt key that causes problems, but trying to bind any sort of combo with mouse functions causing the keyboard part to not respond, as in, it'll only perform the mouse function. Just never noticed because it's the only mouse function I put on the Tourbox. Maybe that will help?)

[AndyCappDev]

I added a fix for this.

To update to v3.1.1 that has the fix...

Open the GUI and go to Help->Check for Updates

Follow the update instructions at the bottom of the dialog box

Let me know it that works for you.

[Mykra]

You're awesome for this, thank you.