Spyder Stalls on Tab Change

Issue Report Checklist

• [x ] Searched the issues page for similar reports
• Read the relevant sections of the Spyder Troubleshooting Guide and followed its advice
• Reproduced the issue after updating with conda update spyder (or pip, if not using Anaconda)
• Could not reproduce inside jupyter qtconsole (if console-related)
• Tried basic troubleshooting (if a bug/error)
  • Restarted Spyder
  • Reset preferences with spyder --reset
  • Reinstalled the latest version of Anaconda
  • Tried the other applicable steps from the Troubleshooting Guide
• Completed the Problem Description, Steps to Reproduce and Version sections below

Problem Description

When switching between tabs with ctrl + shift it stalls, when doing ctrl + up or down arrow it changes tab immediately.

What steps reproduce the problem?

1. Trying to change tabs with ctrl + shift

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?

Immediate switching of tabs on release.

Paste Traceback/Error Below (if applicable)

NA

Versions

• Spyder version: 5.3.2 (conda)
• Python version: 3.7.12 64-bit
• Qt version: 5.12.1
• PyQt5 version: 5.12
• Operating System: Linux 5.15.0-43-generic

Dependencies

NA

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[kaleb-keny]

that was the issue, switched xorg and it works, thank you

[ccordoba12]

Ok, I see. Then please run

conda activate spyder-cf
conda update -c conda-forge pyqt

That could give you conflict errors. If that’s the case, just posted them here and I can help you to sort them out.