[Bug 2112439] Re: [Dell XPS 15 9570] F4 key action repeats even when not held down

Had the same issue on my laptop. Resolved by switching the state of the
Fn key.

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Title:
[Dell XPS 15 9570] F4 key action repeats even when not held down

Status in GNOME Shell:
Fix Released
Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
New
Status in mutter package in Ubuntu:
Opinion

Bug description:
### Affected version

- Device: Laptop Dell Inc. XPS 15 9570
- OS: Ubuntu 24.04.2
- Gnome Shell: 46
- Windowing system: Wayland
- Issue happens without extensions: Maybe? Is hard to reproduce, more details later.

### Bug summary

At times when focusing a [Brave browser](https://brave.com) or [Ungoogled Chormium](https://github.com/ungoogled-software/ungoogled-chromium), the `ctrl` and `alt` keys behave weirdly:
- Hitting `ctrl` causes the current tab to close
- Hitting `alt` causes the whole window to close, if multiple tabs are open the dialog to close multiple tabs show up.

VSCode can also behave weirdly, if the console is active it may print
the `^[OS` control character.

Important things to point out
- The behavior happens after an initial unknown trigger and then switching the focus of a window via the Activities view.
- Hitting `tab` fixed the issue, until you switch focus again via the Activities view.
- It happens only in the laptop keyboard, external keyboards do not show this behavior.
- Disabling "Repeat Keys" makes the issue go away, until it gets reenabled.

### Steps to reproduce

1. An unknown trigger that I haven't been able to nail down
2. Open a terminal window via a a custom keyboard shortcut
3. Switch to workspace 2 via keyboard shortcuts
4. Open a terminal window via a a custom keyboard shortcut
5. Switch back to workspace 1 via keyboard shortcuts
6. Focus Brave browser
7. Hit `ctrl` or `alt` keys

### What happened

The `ctrl` or `alt` keys do not behave as expected

### What did you expect to happen

For the `ctrl` and `alt` keys to not change behavior

### Relevant logs, screenshots, screencasts etc.

- [Gnome Shell issue](https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/issues/8443)
- [Bug opened with the Brave team](https://community.brave.com/t/brave-on-linux-sometimes-closes-windows-with-alt-and-tabs-with-ctrl/620892/11)
- [Very similar issue on Mutter](https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/mutter/-/issues/1066)
- [Reddit thread](https://www.reddit.com/r/Ubuntu/comments/14tsrur/pressing_ctrl_closes_browser_tab_in_ubuntu_2304/)
- [This comment is the exact same issue](https://www.reddit.com/r/Ubuntu/comments/14tsrur/comment/kpiiiye/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button)
- [Thread on AskUbuntu with the disable "Repeat Keys" workaround](https://askubuntu.com/questions/1497058/ubuntu-23-10-pressing-alt-key-closes-window-abruptly/1532813)

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 24.04
Package: gnome-shell 46.0-0ubuntu6~24.04.9
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.8.0-60.63-generic 6.8.12
Uname: Linux 6.8.0-60-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.28.1-0ubuntu3.6
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Wed Jun 4 00:16:22 2025
DisplayManager: gdm3
InstallationDate: Installed on 2023-03-06 (821 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS "Jammy Jellyfish" - Release amd64 (20230223)
ProcEnviron:
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
PATH=(custom, no user)
SHELL=/bin/bash
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
RelatedPackageVersions: mutter-common 46.2-1ubuntu0.24.04.8
SourcePackage: gnome-shell
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to noble on 2024-09-02 (275 days ago)

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