Media key shortcuts are inconsistent for some reason

[urandom]

Under gnome-shell, only the first time any of those shortcuts are used actually works. And by that, I mean that regardless of the shortcut, only the first press actually works. Meaning if I pause, or go to the next/prev track for the first time, I can't unpause, or go to the next or previous track afterwards with the shortcut. And I only get one action per app lifecycle, not one per type.

[twolfson]

This sounds like a deeper issue with Electron. I will create a proof of concept gist to see if it's our app or not

[twolfson]

Alright, proof of concept created. Can you please follow the instructions here:

https://gist.github.com/twolfson/0c6b8062c712ddabf882#file-readme-md

The app that is running via npm start will have further instructions on verifying media keys work properly.

[urandom]

I'm yet to try that, just trying to report that after managing to install the mpris service, the media keys started working properly. Possibly because the mpris extension is using them, as opposed to electron.

[urandom]

Results from the gist:
First time, randomly hitting the media keys and exiting:

npm start

> gist-electron-media-keys@1.0.0 start /tmp/gist-electron-media-keys
> electron index.js

medianexttrack registration bound!
mediaplaypause registration bound!
mediaprevioustrack registration bound!
mediastop registration bound!
mediaplaypause pressed
All windows closed. Exiting application

Second time, same scenario:

npm start

> gist-electron-media-keys@1.0.0 start /tmp/gist-electron-media-keys
> electron index.js

medianexttrack registration bound!
mediaplaypause registration bound!
mediaprevioustrack registration bound!
mediastop registration bound!
medianexttrack pressed
All windows closed. Exiting application

Seems its the same behavior, only the first kicked media key gets printed, then nothing.

[twolfson]

Alright, sounds like an issue with electron. What OS are you using so we can report this to the electron repo?

[urandom]

I'm on arch linux

[twolfson]

Cool, thanks. Going to open an issue on electron =)

[twolfson]

We have created the issue: electron/electron#3941

[twolfson]

Closing since electron is considering this as wontfix =/