diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index c763691c..d5072d6a 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
 (Format: Year/Month/Day)
 Changes for 0.9.13
+*05/05/05:
+  * Fix #1160244, #1099704, #1094107 Mutiple keyboard layout (Mathias + thanx
+    to Vadim)
+    Switching to a secondary/third keyboard layout via the xkb-extensions
+    leads to broken NextWindow/PrevWindow and broken fbrun/CommandDialog:
+    - be aware of what xkb is doing to the event.state
+    - minor cleaning
+    CommandDialog.cc WorkspaceCmd.cc Keys.cc FbTk/KeyUtil.cc/hh 
+    FbTk/TextBox.cc fluxbox.cc FbRun.cc
 *05/05/03:
   * Fix drawing of no-title menus, plus updating of int menu items (Simon)
     IntResMenuItem.hh/cc MenuItem.hh Menu.cc Screen.cc ToggleMenu.hh
diff --git a/src/CommandDialog.cc b/src/CommandDialog.cc
index 317f7ef4..80c89627 100644
--- a/src/CommandDialog.cc
+++ b/src/CommandDialog.cc
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 #include "FbTk/ImageControl.hh"
 #include "FbTk/EventManager.hh"
 #include "FbTk/StringUtil.hh"
+#include "FbTk/KeyUtil.hh"
 #include "FbTk/App.hh"
 
 #include <X11/keysym.h>
@@ -43,11 +44,11 @@
 #include <stdexcept>
 using namespace std;
 
-CommandDialog::CommandDialog(BScreen &screen, 
+CommandDialog::CommandDialog(BScreen &screen,
         const std::string &title, const std::string precommand) :
     FbTk::FbWindow(screen.rootWindow().screenNumber(), 0, 0, 200, 1, ExposureMask),
     m_textbox(*this, screen.winFrameTheme().font(), ""),
-    m_label(*this, screen.winFrameTheme().font(), title),    
+    m_label(*this, screen.winFrameTheme().font(), title),
     m_gc(m_textbox),
     m_screen(screen),
     m_move_x(0),
@@ -121,12 +122,13 @@ void CommandDialog::motionNotifyEvent(XMotionEvent &event) {
 }
 
 void CommandDialog::keyPressEvent(XKeyEvent &event) {
-    if (event.state)
+    unsigned int state = FbTk::KeyUtil::instance().isolateModifierMask(event.state);
+    if (state)
         return;
 
     KeySym ks;
-    char keychar[1];
-    XLookupString(&event, keychar, 1, &ks, 0);
+    char keychar;
+    XLookupString(&event, &keychar, 1, &ks, 0);
 
     if (ks == XK_Return) {
         hide(); // hide and return focus to a FluxboxWindow
@@ -135,7 +137,7 @@ void CommandDialog::keyPressEvent(XKeyEvent &event) {
             parseLine(m_precommand + m_textbox.text()));
         if (cmd.get())
             cmd->execute();
-        // post execute 
+        // post execute
         if (*m_postcommand != 0)
             m_postcommand->execute();
 
@@ -152,7 +154,7 @@ void CommandDialog::tabComplete() {
     try {
         string::size_type first = m_textbox.text().find_last_not_of("ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ"
                                                                     "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"
-                                                                    "0123456789", 
+                                                                    "0123456789",
                                                                     m_textbox.cursorPosition());
         if (first == string::npos)
             first = 0;
@@ -173,7 +175,7 @@ void CommandDialog::tabComplete() {
 
         if (!matches.empty()) {
             // sort and apply larges match
-            std::sort(matches.begin(), matches.end(), less<string>());        
+            std::sort(matches.begin(), matches.end(), less<string>());
             m_textbox.setText(m_textbox.text() + matches[0].substr(prefix.size()));
         } else
             XBell(FbTk::App::instance()->display(), 0);
@@ -204,7 +206,7 @@ void CommandDialog::init() {
 
     // setup label
     // we listen to motion notify too
-    m_label.setEventMask(m_label.eventMask() | ButtonPressMask | ButtonMotionMask); 
+    m_label.setEventMask(m_label.eventMask() | ButtonPressMask | ButtonMotionMask);
     m_label.setGC(m_screen.winFrameTheme().labelTextFocusGC());
     m_label.show();
 
@@ -234,7 +236,7 @@ void CommandDialog::init() {
 void CommandDialog::updateSizes() {
     m_label.moveResize(0, 0,
                        width(), m_textbox.font().height() + 2);
-    
+
     m_textbox.moveResize(2, m_label.height(),
-                         width() - 4, m_textbox.font().height() + 2);    
+                         width() - 4, m_textbox.font().height() + 2);
 }
diff --git a/src/FbTk/KeyUtil.cc b/src/FbTk/KeyUtil.cc
index 77602547..05e54139 100644
--- a/src/FbTk/KeyUtil.cc
+++ b/src/FbTk/KeyUtil.cc
@@ -26,6 +26,30 @@
 
 #include <string>
 
+namespace {
+
+struct t_modlist{
+    char *str;
+    unsigned int mask;
+    bool operator == (const char *modstr) const {
+        return  (strcasecmp(str, modstr) == 0 && mask !=0);
+    }
+};
+
+const struct t_modlist modlist[] = {
+    {"SHIFT", ShiftMask},
+    {"LOCK", LockMask},
+    {"CONTROL", ControlMask},
+    {"MOD1", Mod1Mask},
+    {"MOD2", Mod2Mask},
+    {"MOD3", Mod3Mask},
+    {"MOD4", Mod4Mask},
+    {"MOD5", Mod5Mask},
+    {0, 0}
+};
+
+};
+
 namespace FbTk {
 
 std::auto_ptr<KeyUtil> KeyUtil::s_keyutil;
@@ -57,19 +81,7 @@ void KeyUtil::loadModmap() {
         XFreeModifiermap(m_modmap);
 
     m_modmap = XGetModifierMapping(App::instance()->display());
-    // mask to use for modifier
-    static const int mods[] = {
-        ShiftMask,
-        LockMask,
-        ControlMask,
-        Mod1Mask,
-        Mod2Mask,
-        Mod3Mask,
-        Mod4Mask,
-        Mod5Mask,
-        0
-    };
-	
+    	
     // find modifiers and set them
     for (int i=0, realkey=0; i<8; ++i) {
         for (int key=0; key<m_modmap->max_keypermod; ++key, ++realkey) {
@@ -77,17 +89,18 @@ void KeyUtil::loadModmap() {
             if (m_modmap->modifiermap[realkey] == 0)
                 continue;
 
-            KeySym ks = XKeycodeToKeysym(App::instance()->display(), m_modmap->modifiermap[realkey], 0);
+            KeySym ks = XKeycodeToKeysym(App::instance()->display(), 
+                    m_modmap->modifiermap[realkey], 0);
 
             switch (ks) {
             case XK_Caps_Lock:
-                m_capslock = mods[i];
+                m_capslock = modlist[i].mask;
                 break;
             case XK_Scroll_Lock:
-                m_scrolllock = mods[i];
+                m_scrolllock = modlist[i].mask;
                 break;
             case XK_Num_Lock:
-                m_numlock = mods[i];
+                m_numlock = modlist[i].mask;
                 break;
             }
         }
@@ -164,31 +177,13 @@ unsigned int KeyUtil::getKey(const char *keystr) {
 }
 
 
-struct t_modlist{
-    char *str;
-    unsigned int mask;
-    bool operator == (const char *modstr) const {
-        return  (strcasecmp(str, modstr) == 0 && mask !=0);
-    }
-};
-
 /**
  @return the modifier for the modstr else zero on failure.
 */
 unsigned int KeyUtil::getModifier(const char *modstr) {
     if (!modstr)
         return 0;
-    const static struct t_modlist modlist[] = {
-        {"SHIFT", ShiftMask},
-        {"CONTROL", ControlMask},
-        {"MOD1", Mod1Mask},
-        {"MOD2", Mod2Mask},
-        {"MOD3", Mod3Mask},
-        {"MOD4", Mod4Mask},
-        {"MOD5", Mod5Mask},
-        {0, 0}
-    };
-
+    
     // find mod mask string
     for (unsigned int i=0; modlist[i].str !=0; i++) {
         if (modlist[i] == modstr)		
@@ -210,7 +205,8 @@ void KeyUtil::ungrabKeys() {
 unsigned int KeyUtil::keycodeToModmask(unsigned int keycode) {
     XModifierKeymap *modmap = instance().m_modmap;
 
-    if (!modmap) return 0;
+    if (!modmap) 
+        return 0;
 
     // search through modmap for this keycode
     for (int mod=0; mod < 8; mod++) {
@@ -218,7 +214,7 @@ unsigned int KeyUtil::keycodeToModmask(unsigned int keycode) {
             // modifiermap is an array with 8 sets of keycodes
             // each max_keypermod long, but in a linear array.
             if (modmap->modifiermap[modmap->max_keypermod*mod + key] == keycode) {
-                return (1<<mod);
+                return modlist[mod].mask;
             }
         } 
     }
diff --git a/src/FbTk/KeyUtil.hh b/src/FbTk/KeyUtil.hh
index 4cafcddd..e32384f4 100644
--- a/src/FbTk/KeyUtil.hh
+++ b/src/FbTk/KeyUtil.hh
@@ -70,6 +70,14 @@ public:
          return mods & ~(capslock() | numlock() );
     }
 
+    /** 
+       strip away everything which is actually not a modifier
+       eg, xkb-keyboardgroups are encoded as bit 13 and 14
+    */
+    unsigned int isolateModifierMask(unsigned int mods) {
+        return mods & (ShiftMask|LockMask|ControlMask|Mod1Mask|Mod2Mask|Mod3Mask|Mod4Mask|Mod5Mask); 
+    }
+
     /**
        Convert the specified key into appropriate modifier mask
        @return corresponding modifier mask
@@ -78,6 +86,7 @@ public:
     int numlock() const { return Mod2Mask; } //m_numlock; }
     int capslock() const { return LockMask; } //m_capslock; }
     int scrolllock() const { return Mod5Mask; } //m_scrolllock; }
+
 private:
     void loadModmap();
 
diff --git a/src/FbTk/TextBox.cc b/src/FbTk/TextBox.cc
index 0db88569..2ebd6c04 100644
--- a/src/FbTk/TextBox.cc
+++ b/src/FbTk/TextBox.cc
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ void TextBox::buttonPressEvent(XButtonEvent &event) {
 }
 
 void TextBox::keyPressEvent(XKeyEvent &event) {
-    // strip numlock and scrolllock mask
+    
     event.state = KeyUtil::instance().cleanMods(event.state);
 
     KeySym ks;
@@ -218,8 +218,8 @@ void TextBox::keyPressEvent(XKeyEvent &event) {
     // a modifier key by itself doesn't do anything
     if (IsModifierKey(ks)) return;
 
-    if (event.state) { // handle keybindings with state
-        if (event.state == ControlMask) {
+    if (FbTk::KeyUtil::instance().isolateModifierMask(event.state)) { // handle keybindings with state
+        if ((event.state & ControlMask) == ControlMask) {
 
             switch (ks) {
             case XK_b:
@@ -248,7 +248,8 @@ void TextBox::keyPressEvent(XKeyEvent &event) {
                 m_end_pos = 0;
                 break;
             }
-        } else if (event.state == ShiftMask || event.state == 0x80) { // shif and altgr
+        } else if ((event.state & ShiftMask)== ShiftMask || 
+                   (event.state & 0x80) == 0x80) { // shif and altgr
             if (isprint(keychar[0])) {
                 std::string val;
                 val += keychar[0];
diff --git a/src/Keys.cc b/src/Keys.cc
index 96f57cb1..0d3eecd5 100644
--- a/src/Keys.cc
+++ b/src/Keys.cc
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
 #include "FbTk/StringUtil.hh"
 #include "FbTk/App.hh"
 #include "FbTk/Command.hh"
-#include "FbTk/KeyUtil.hh"
 
 #include "CommandParser.hh"
 #include "FbTk/I18n.hh"
@@ -81,6 +80,8 @@
 #include <X11/Xlib.h>
 #include <X11/Xproto.h>
 #include <X11/keysym.h>
+#include <X11/Xutil.h>
+#include <X11/XKBlib.h>
 
 #include <iostream>
 #include <fstream>
@@ -102,7 +103,7 @@ Keys::Keys(const char *filename):
         load(filename);
 }
 
-Keys::~Keys() {	
+Keys::~Keys() {
 
     FbTk::KeyUtil::ungrabKeys();
     deleteTree();
@@ -112,12 +113,12 @@ Keys::~Keys() {
 void Keys::deleteTree() {
     while (!m_keylist.empty()) {
         if (m_keylist.back())
-            delete m_keylist.back();		
+            delete m_keylist.back();
         m_keylist.pop_back();
     }
 }
 
-/** 
+/**
     Load and grab keys
     TODO: error checking
     @return true on success else false
@@ -125,7 +126,7 @@ void Keys::deleteTree() {
 bool Keys::load(const char *filename) {
     if (!filename)
         return false;
-	
+
     //ungrab all keys
     FbTk::KeyUtil::ungrabKeys();
 
@@ -133,7 +134,7 @@ bool Keys::load(const char *filename) {
     deleteTree();
 
     FbTk::App::instance()->sync(false);
-						
+
     //open the file
     ifstream infile(filename);
     if (!infile)
@@ -158,8 +159,8 @@ bool Keys::load(const char *filename) {
 
 bool Keys::save(const char *filename) const {
     //!!
-    //!! TODO: fix keybinding saving 
-    //!! (we probably need to save key actions 
+    //!! TODO: fix keybinding saving
+    //!! (we probably need to save key actions
     //!! as strings instead of creating new Commands)
 
     // open file for writing
@@ -178,16 +179,16 @@ bool Keys::addBinding(const std::string &linebuffer) {
     // must have at least 1 argument
     if (val.size() <= 0)
         return true; // empty lines are valid.
-			
+
     if (val[0][0] == '#' || val[0][0] == '!' ) //the line is commented
         return true; // still a valid line.
-		
+
     unsigned int key = 0, mod = 0;
     char keyarg = 0;
     t_key *current_key=0, *last_key=0;
 
     _FB_USES_NLS;
-    // for each argument 
+    // for each argument
     for (unsigned int argc=0; argc<val.size(); argc++) {
 
         if (val[argc][0] != ':') { // parse key(s)
@@ -199,7 +200,7 @@ bool Keys::addBinding(const std::string &linebuffer) {
                 int tmpmod = FbTk::KeyUtil::getModifier(val[argc].c_str());
                 if(tmpmod)
                     mod |= tmpmod; //If it's a modifier
-                else { 
+                else {
                     key = FbTk::KeyUtil::getKey(val[argc].c_str()); // else get the key
                     if (key == 0) {
                         cerr<<_FBTEXT(Keys, InvalidKeyMod, "Keys: Invalid key/modifier on line", "A bad key/modifier string was found on line (number following)")<<" "<<
@@ -209,13 +210,13 @@ bool Keys::addBinding(const std::string &linebuffer) {
                     if (!current_key) {
                         current_key = new t_key(key, mod);
                         last_key = current_key;
-                    } else { 
+                    } else {
                         t_key *temp_key = new t_key(key, mod);
                         last_key->keylist.push_back(temp_key);
                         last_key = temp_key;
                     }
                 }
-            }			
+            }
 
         } else { // parse command line
             if (last_key == 0) {
@@ -224,7 +225,7 @@ bool Keys::addBinding(const std::string &linebuffer) {
                 return false;
             }
             bool ret_val = true;
-            const char *str = 
+            const char *str =
                 FbTk::StringUtil::strcasestr(linebuffer.c_str(),
                                              val[argc].c_str() + 1); // +1 to skip ':'
             if (str == 0) {
@@ -263,41 +264,42 @@ bool Keys::addBinding(const std::string &linebuffer) {
  @return the KeyAction of the XKeyEvent
 */
 void Keys::doAction(XKeyEvent &ke) {
-    static t_key *next_key = 0;
-    // Remove numlock, capslock and scrolllock
+
     ke.state = FbTk::KeyUtil::instance().cleanMods(ke.state);
-	
+
+    static struct t_key* next_key = 0;
+
     if (!next_key) {
-	
+
         for (unsigned int i=0; i<m_keylist.size(); i++) {
             if (*m_keylist[i] == ke) {
                 if (m_keylist[i]->keylist.size()) {
                     next_key = m_keylist[i];
-                    break; //end for-loop 
+                    break; //end for-loop
                 } else {
                     if (*m_keylist[i]->m_command != 0)
                         m_keylist[i]->m_command->execute();
                 }
             }
         }
-	
+
     } else { //check the nextkey
-        t_key *temp_key = next_key->find(ke);
+            t_key *temp_key = next_key->find(ke);
         if (temp_key) {
             if (temp_key->keylist.size()) {
-                next_key = temp_key;								
+                next_key = temp_key;
             } else {
                 next_key = 0;
                 if (*temp_key->m_command != 0)
                     temp_key->m_command->execute();
             }
         }  else  {
-            temp_key = next_key;		
+            temp_key = next_key;
             next_key = 0;
             if (*temp_key->m_command != 0)
                 temp_key->m_command->execute();
-                
-        }		
+
+        }
     }
 }
 
@@ -318,7 +320,7 @@ bool Keys::mergeTree(t_key *newtree, t_key *basetree) {
     if (basetree==0) {
         unsigned int baselist_i=0;
         for (; baselist_i<m_keylist.size(); baselist_i++) {
-            if (m_keylist[baselist_i]->mod == newtree->mod && 
+            if (m_keylist[baselist_i]->mod == newtree->mod &&
                 m_keylist[baselist_i]->key == newtree->key) {
                 if (newtree->keylist.size() && *m_keylist[baselist_i]->m_command == 0) {
                     //assumes the newtree only have one branch
@@ -330,12 +332,12 @@ bool Keys::mergeTree(t_key *newtree, t_key *basetree) {
 
         if (baselist_i == m_keylist.size()) {
             FbTk::KeyUtil::grabKey(newtree->key, newtree->mod);
-            m_keylist.push_back(new t_key(newtree));			
+            m_keylist.push_back(new t_key(newtree));
             if (newtree->keylist.size())
                 return mergeTree(newtree->keylist[0], m_keylist.back());
             return true;
         }
-		
+
     } else {
         unsigned int baselist_i = 0;
         for (; baselist_i<basetree->keylist.size(); baselist_i++) {
@@ -346,24 +348,24 @@ bool Keys::mergeTree(t_key *newtree, t_key *basetree) {
                     return mergeTree(newtree->keylist[0], basetree->keylist[baselist_i]);
                 } else
                     return false;
-            }					
+            }
         }
         //if it wasn't in the list grab the key and add it to the list
-        if (baselist_i==basetree->keylist.size()) {			
+        if (baselist_i==basetree->keylist.size()) {
             FbTk::KeyUtil::grabKey(newtree->key, newtree->mod);
             basetree->keylist.push_back(new t_key(newtree));
             if (newtree->keylist.size())
                 return mergeTree(newtree->keylist[0], basetree->keylist.back());
-            return true;		
-        }		
+            return true;
+        }
     }
-	
+
     return false;
 }
 
 Keys::t_key::t_key(unsigned int key_, unsigned int mod_, FbTk::RefCount<FbTk::Command> command) {
     key = key_;
-    mod = mod_;	
+    mod = mod_;
     m_command = command;
 }
 
@@ -373,8 +375,8 @@ Keys::t_key::t_key(t_key *k) {
     m_command = k->m_command;
 }
 
-Keys::t_key::~t_key() {	
-    while (!keylist.empty()) {		
+Keys::t_key::~t_key() {
+    while (!keylist.empty()) {
         t_key *k = keylist.back();
         if (k != 0) { // make sure we don't have a bad key pointer
             delete k;
diff --git a/src/Keys.hh b/src/Keys.hh
index c9c53b50..f83f6e8b 100644
--- a/src/Keys.hh
+++ b/src/Keys.hh
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 #include "FbTk/NotCopyable.hh"
 #include "FbTk/RefCount.hh"
 #include "FbTk/Command.hh"
+#include "FbTk/KeyUtil.hh"
 
 class Keys:private FbTk::NotCopyable  {
 public:
@@ -86,21 +87,22 @@ private:
 		
         inline t_key *find(unsigned int key_, unsigned int mod_) {
             for (unsigned int i=0; i<keylist.size(); i++) {
-                if (keylist[i]->key == key_ && keylist[i]->mod == mod_)
+                if (keylist[i]->key == key_ && keylist[i]->mod == FbTk::KeyUtil::instance().isolateModifierMask(mod_))
                     return keylist[i];				
             }			
             return 0;
         }
         inline t_key *find(XKeyEvent &ke) {
             for (unsigned int i=0; i<keylist.size(); i++) {
-                if (keylist[i]->key == ke.keycode && keylist[i]->mod == ke.state)
+                if (keylist[i]->key == ke.keycode && 
+                        keylist[i]->mod == FbTk::KeyUtil::instance().isolateModifierMask(ke.state))
                     return keylist[i];				
             }			
             return 0;
         }
 			
         inline bool operator == (XKeyEvent &ke) const {
-            return (mod == ke.state && key == ke.keycode);
+            return (mod == FbTk::KeyUtil::instance().isolateModifierMask(ke.state) && key == ke.keycode);
         }
 		
         FbTk::RefCount<FbTk::Command> m_command;
diff --git a/src/WorkspaceCmd.cc b/src/WorkspaceCmd.cc
index 3e6d128f..08473df6 100644
--- a/src/WorkspaceCmd.cc
+++ b/src/WorkspaceCmd.cc
@@ -42,13 +42,13 @@
 #include <iostream>
 
 void NextWindowCmd::execute() {
-    
     BScreen *screen = Fluxbox::instance()->keyScreen();
     if (screen != 0) {
         Fluxbox *fb = Fluxbox::instance();
         // special case for commands from key events
         if (fb->lastEvent().type == KeyPress) {
             unsigned int mods = FbTk::KeyUtil::instance().cleanMods(fb->lastEvent().xkey.state);
+            mods = FbTk::KeyUtil::instance().isolateModifierMask(mods);
             if (mods == 0) // can't stacked cycle unless there is a mod to grab
                 screen->nextFocus(m_option | BScreen::CYCLELINEAR);
             else {
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ void PrevWindowCmd::execute() {
         // special case for commands from key events
         if (fb->lastEvent().type == KeyPress) {
             unsigned int mods = FbTk::KeyUtil::instance().cleanMods(fb->lastEvent().xkey.state);
+            mods = FbTk::KeyUtil::instance().isolateModifierMask(mods);
             if (mods == 0) // can't stacked cycle unless there is a mod to grab
                 screen->prevFocus(m_option | BScreen::CYCLELINEAR);
             else {
diff --git a/src/fluxbox.cc b/src/fluxbox.cc
index cd289ed6..271d93f1 100644
--- a/src/fluxbox.cc
+++ b/src/fluxbox.cc
@@ -777,11 +777,13 @@ void Fluxbox::handleEvent(XEvent * const e) {
 #ifdef DEBUG
         cerr<<__FILE__<<"("<<__FUNCTION__<<"): MappingNotify"<<endl;
 #endif // DEBUG
-
-        FbTk::KeyUtil::instance().init(); // reinitialise the key utils
-        // reconfigure keys (if the mapping changes, they don't otherwise update
-        m_key->reconfigure(StringUtil::expandFilename(*m_rc_keyfile).c_str());
-
+        if (e->xmapping.request == MappingKeyboard
+            || e->xmapping.request == MappingModifier) {
+            XRefreshKeyboardMapping(&e->xmapping);
+            FbTk::KeyUtil::instance().init(); // reinitialise the key utils
+            // reconfigure keys (if the mapping changes, they don't otherwise update
+            m_key->reconfigure(StringUtil::expandFilename(*m_rc_keyfile).c_str());
+        }
         break;
     case CreateNotify:
 	break;
@@ -1076,7 +1078,6 @@ void Fluxbox::handleKeyEvent(XKeyEvent &ke) {
     if (keyScreen() == 0 || mouseScreen() == 0)
         return;
 
-
     switch (ke.type) {
     case KeyPress:
         m_key->doAction(ke);
@@ -1089,9 +1090,10 @@ void Fluxbox::handleKeyEvent(XKeyEvent &ke) {
         if (m_watching_screen && m_watch_keyrelease) {
             // mask the mod of the released key out
             // won't mask anything if it isn't a mod
-            ke.state &= ~FbTk::KeyUtil::instance().keycodeToModmask(ke.keycode);
-
-            if ((m_watch_keyrelease & ke.state) == 0) {
+            unsigned int state = FbTk::KeyUtil::instance().isolateModifierMask(ke.state);
+            state &= ~FbTk::KeyUtil::instance().keycodeToModmask(ke.keycode);
+            
+            if ((m_watch_keyrelease & state) == 0) {
 
                 m_watching_screen->notifyReleasedKeys(ke);
                 XUngrabKeyboard(FbTk::App::instance()->display(), CurrentTime);
@@ -1107,8 +1109,6 @@ void Fluxbox::handleKeyEvent(XKeyEvent &ke) {
     default:
         break;
     }
-
-
 }
 
 /// handle system signals
@@ -1951,12 +1951,15 @@ void Fluxbox::unfocusWindow(WinClient &client, bool full_revert, bool unfocus_fr
 
 
 void Fluxbox::watchKeyRelease(BScreen &screen, unsigned int mods) {
+    
     if (mods == 0) {
         cerr<<"WARNING: attempt to grab without modifiers!"<<endl;
         return;
     }
     m_watching_screen = &screen;
-    m_watch_keyrelease = mods;
+
+    // just make sure we are saving the mods with any other flags (xkb)
+    m_watch_keyrelease = FbTk::KeyUtil::instance().isolateModifierMask(mods);
     XGrabKeyboard(FbTk::App::instance()->display(),
                   screen.rootWindow().window(), True,
                   GrabModeAsync, GrabModeAsync, CurrentTime);
diff --git a/util/fbrun/FbRun.cc b/util/fbrun/FbRun.cc
index b14321bc..d72d1bf5 100644
--- a/util/fbrun/FbRun.cc
+++ b/util/fbrun/FbRun.cc
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ void FbRun::redrawLabel() {
 }
 
 void FbRun::keyPressEvent(XKeyEvent &ke) {
-    // strip numlock, capslock and scrolllock mask
+    
     ke.state = FbTk::KeyUtil::instance().cleanMods(ke.state);
 
     int cp= cursorPosition();
@@ -232,10 +232,11 @@ void FbRun::keyPressEvent(XKeyEvent &ke) {
     char keychar[1];
     XLookupString(&ke, keychar, 1, &ks, 0);
     // a modifier key by itself doesn't do anything
-    if (IsModifierKey(ks)) return;
+    if (IsModifierKey(ks)) 
+        return;
 
-    if (ke.state) { // a modifier key is down
-        if (ke.state == ControlMask) {
+    if (FbTk::KeyUtil::instance().isolateModifierMask(ke.state)) { // a modifier key is down
+        if ((ke.state & ControlMask) == ControlMask) {
             switch (ks) {
             case XK_p:
                 prevHistoryItem();
@@ -248,7 +249,7 @@ void FbRun::keyPressEvent(XKeyEvent &ke) {
                 setCursorPosition(cp);
                 break;
             }
-        } else if (ke.state == (Mod1Mask | ShiftMask)) {
+        } else if ((ke.state & (Mod1Mask|ShiftMask)) == (Mod1Mask | ShiftMask)) {
             switch (ks) {
             case XK_less:
                 firstHistoryItem();