microsoft / microsoft/PowerToys
Peek cannot be activated using the spacebar in File Explorer windows opened by other applications
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- C
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Description
### Microsoft PowerToys version
0.96.1
### Installation method
PowerToys auto-update
### Area(s) with issue?
Peek
### Steps to reproduce
Open a path in the Everything search tool
### ✔️ Expected Behavior
After selecting "Open path" in Everything, when a file/folder is selected in the opened File Explorer window, pressing the spacebar should normally activate Peek
### ❌ Actual Behavior
No response appears...?
### Additional Information
OS version: Win10 Pro 22H2 19045.6691 / Win11 Pro 24H2 26100.7623
System language: Chinese
Installation type: User Installation
Running as: Administrator
### Other Software
None
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start by reproducing the issue through the Everything search tool's “Open path” action, then compare Peek activation in that File Explorer window with a normally opened window. Trace the Peek entry point and the spacebar handling for externally opened Explorer windows; done means the spacebar consistently opens Peek for a selected file or folder in both cases.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- c
- Domain
- desktop
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 38/100