Shortcut Ctrl+` not working when launching CopyQ with Czech keyboard on Windows
#1,323 opened on Feb 29, 2020
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Description
UPDATE: Parts which turned out to be probably irrelevant, were either removed or striked-through. And new findings were added.
Describe the bug
If I set a global keyboard shortcut Ctrl+` for a command, it doesn't get mapped (i. e. it doesn't do anything) after Windows/CopyQ restarts when Czech keyboard layout is active. But when I use a shortcut like Ctrl+Alt+B, there is no problem.
Workaround (how to avoid the problem)
- Always start Windows / CopyQ with English keyboard layout,
- don't forget to have English activated when assigning the
Ctrl+`shortcut.or when saving the CopyQ preferences. And "English" can be possibly exchanged for any other keyboard layout preferred by a user.
To Reproduce Steps to reproduce the behavior:
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Go to the CopyQ's preferences window, switch to the Shortcuts tab.
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Assign shortcut
Ctrl+`to theShow/hide main windowcommand, while having English keyboard layout active. -
Close the window.
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Press the shortcut (this means: pressing the same physical keys as above) - the CopyQ's window appears = correct.
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Switch to a different keyboard layout - from English to Czech in our case.
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Press the shortcut - the CopyQ's window disappears = correct.
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Log off from Windows and log in again.UPDATE: It is enough just to quit CopyQ and start it again while Czech keyboard layout is active. -
Press the shortcut - the CopyQ's window doesn't appear = BUG. Expected behavior Any shortcut assigned to a command should work at any moment, including the moment after CopyQ is restarted while whatever keyboard layout is active.
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Version, OS and Environment
- Application Version [3.10.0] or newer
- OS [Windows 10] (with Czech locale)
Additional context and findings There is also a historical bug #427 that coped with keyboard shortcuts and which might be related to this one.
For example Visual Studio Code handles the Ctrl+` shortcut correctly:
- with English layout, it shows (and maps to)
Ctrl+` - with Czech layout, it shows (and maps to)
Ctrl+;
When pressing Ctrl+` in CopyQ's popup for assigning shortcut with Czech layout activated, CopyQ shows it thinks Ctrl+° was pressed, which seems incorrect and such shortcut, when saved, is not working in any scenario.
This is contrary to for example Czech's Ctrl+š (this is equivalent to pressing Ctrl+3 with English layout) - this gets correctly recognized and working when saved as a shortcut - and even when starting CopyQ with English layout active.