globalShortcut not very global in Wayland

[Rasmus Eneman]

• Output of node_modules/.bin/electron --version: v3.0.10
• Operating System (Platform and Version): Ubuntu 18.10, Wayland
• Output of node_modules/.bin/electron --version on last known working Electron version (if applicable): N/A

Expected Behavior
After registering a global shortcut it should always be called when that combinations is pressed.
If the DE holds that shortcut it may be captured by the DE though. But a free combination should continue to work when new applications are opened though.

Actual behavior
Some applications, for example gnome-terminal capture the shortcut so that it is registered by the application instead of my global handler.

To Reproduce
Use gnome wayland session, Register a global shortcut and make sure it works, Open gnome-terminal and see that it does not work.

Screenshots
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Additional Information
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[Shelley Vohr]

Given that this has been open for years, that this isn't currently on our roadmap, and in the interest of our issue tracker more closely reflecting our workstreams, i'm going to go ahead and label this a wontfix. However, should someone determine a workable solution we would be potentially open to accepting a PR!

[Vladimir Barbarosh]

I confirm, this happens to me on Ubuntu 20.04 with Electron 20.1.3. Each time I switch to a Gnome Terminal, globalShortcut's are not working. This makes them not so global.

[Vladimir Barbarosh]

In order to reproduce just open gnome-terminal and

mkdir a
cd a
echo {} > package.json
cat > app.js << 'EOF'
require('electron').app.whenReady().then(function () {
    const ret = electron.globalShortcut.register('Meta+I', function () {
        console.log('globalShortcut triggers!');
    });
});
EOF
npm install electron
node_modules/.bin/electron app.js

[Tanner B. Hess Webber]

Just want to call out that I stumbled across this Reddit post while attempting to debug Eugeny/tabby#8957. It sounds like Wayland potentially requires manually forwarding the keypress to Electron.

Is there a way to manually fire a keyboard event from the command line?

cc: @codebytere