xmobar/dzen, Esc, and mendeley

Dear All, I just noticed a strange interaction (strange at least to me) when running with xmobar (or dzen). - Mendeley desktop allows one to view a pdf "fullscreen". To exit from full screen you are supposed to press "Esc" (or Ctrl-Return, though this I do not see documented anywhere). However, bailing out of fullscreen does not work unless: a) one is using "smartBorders $ Full" AND b) if one runs dzen or xmobar, one toggless off the menu bar. It is a good thing that, regardless of the layout when one enters into mendeley, a) and b) will always work. So the fix is easy. Still, I do not understand the problem, and it seems that Mendeley is not seeing a key press it should be seeing. I have not experienced this with any other program other than Mendeley. I googled around and have not found similar patterns. (Interestingly enough, I could not get away from fullscreen mode in scrotwm; under Bluetile, predictably, it only works under the "F" layout). Best, R. -- Ramon Diaz-Uriarte Structural Biology and Biocomputing Programme Spanish National Cancer Centre (CNIO) http://ligarto.org/rdiaz Phone: +34-91-732-8000 ext. 3019 Fax: +-34-91-224-6972
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Ramon Diaz-Uriarte