multimedia keys behaviour changes when upgrading to 4.7 on archlinux
https://www.reddit.com/r/xfce/comments/14m57ue/multimedia_keys_help/
System specs:
OS: Arch Linux x86_64
Host: MS-7B89 1.0
Kernel: 6.3.9-arch1-1
Uptime: 3 mins
Packages: 2113 (pacman)
Shell: bash 5.1.16
Resolution: 1920x1080
DE: Xfce 4.18
WM: Xfwm4
WM Theme: Default
Theme: b00merang-blackout-white [GTK2], Breeze [GTK3]
Icons: breeze [GTK2], oxygen [GTK3]
Terminal: xfce4-terminal
Terminal Font: Terminus 14
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X (12) @ 3.700GHz
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070
Memory: 1703MiB / 32019MiB
Problem:
After updating to v4.7 using pacman -Syu
behaviour of multimedia key play/pause
changes.
How it worked before (v4.6): When pressed it would impact every application across current session. In browser it would work on all tabs simultaneously allowing to disable background music playing in different tab.
How it works now: Only affects last opened application regardless of what window has focus. In browser only works in current tab forcing to manually change tab, stop music and change tab again to proceed to consume other content.
Why it matters: Cannot disable background sound sources (e.g. music) if it is not last opened application or last opened tab (in browser).