https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=48512
Bug ID: 48512 Summary: alt-tab difference between windows and wine Product: Wine Version: 5.0 Hardware: x86-64 OS: Linux Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P2 Component: -unknown Assignee: wine-bugs@winehq.org Reporter: beauxq@yahoo.com Distribution: ---
There are many bug reports about alt-tab, but they are all referencing a specific application. I'm reporting this as a general issue with all applications, it will probably fix many of the other problems from other bug reports.
In Windows, when you alt-tab away from an application, it immediately sends the event for the alt key being lifted up to the application that is losing focus. So the application does not think that the alt key is being held down.
In Wine, when you alt-tab away from an application, the application still thinks that the alt key is being held down.
These are just a few of the many reports that I suspect might be solved by fixing this: https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=47536 https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=30814
My observation is with both Final Fantasy XI and World of Warcraft, but there are many, many other reports of similar problems with alt-tab in other games.