Guake: Guake doesn't open on some cases when running on Gnome 3 with Wayland

Created on 15 Feb 2017 · 6Comments · Source: Guake/guake

When using Gnome on Wayland, Guake will not open when using the default shortcut (F10).
I noticed that in a few cases it won't open if these applications are active (have the focus):

Desktop
Most of Gnome builtin GTK3 applications (prefereces, GEdit, Files, etc.)

When I have a non-GTK3 application on Focus, Guake will open without issues.

Source

ghost

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I have been experiencing the same thing. Guake will open if for instance Firefox has the focus, but if just the bare GNOME desktop, or GNOME Files has the focus, the shortcut won't open Guake. I have not extensively tested, but so far GTK+3 vs non-GTK+3 difference seems to verify.

Also Fedora 25 with Wayland.

Jehan on 12 Apr 2017

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I've been having the same issue on Fedora 25 with my custom shortcut Ctrl+Space; F25 uses Wayland by default. Disabling Wayland (editing /etc/gdm/custom.conf such that WaylandEnable=false) causes guake to open normally.

tdgoodrich on 17 Feb 2017

Also Fedora 25 with Wayland.

Jehan on 12 Apr 2017

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same problem on arch gnome 3.24 from gnome-unstable running on wayland.
will open with the focus on google-chrome but not on files or gedit. works on guayadeque though!

bmbaker on 15 Apr 2017

Fresh install of Fedora 25, when all is default, same problem. Gauke doesn't work nicely with Wayland I guess. Shame! Really love this terminal thought.

DarkLite1 on 7 May 2017

See https://github.com/Guake/guake/issues/492#issuecomment-119075514

moschlar on 22 Jun 2017

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The workaround posted above isn't suitable in a multi-monitor environment; it means that if a certain application that I am using has focus and is using wayland, guake opens on a random monitor. I have to drag a non-gnome application to the window I want and use the hotkey to get guake to show up.