microsoft / microsoft/PowerToys
New Keyboard manager not work "KANA" emulation.
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Description
### Microsoft PowerToys version
0.98.0
### Installation method
GitHub
### Area(s) with issue?
Keyboard Manager
### Steps to reproduce
(1) Open "New" keybord manager's editor.
(2) "Add New remapping"
(3) "Trigger" sets [CTRL]+[CAPS LOCK] (Show [Ctrl (Left)] [VK240]) with checked "Allow of code".
(4) "Action" sets [CTRL]+[SHIFT]+[KANE] (Show [Ctrl (Left)] [Shift (Left) [IME Hangul])
(5) Click "Save" button.
### ✔️ Expected Behavior
Toggle input mode "Roman" (abcde) <-> "KANA" (ｱｲｳｴｵ).
### ❌ Actual Behavior
Not work.
### Upload Bug Report ZIP-file
[PowerToysReport_2026-03-24-08-57-59.zip](https://github.com/user-attachments/files/26197406/PowerToysReport_2026-03-24-08-57-59.zip)
### Additional Information
Windows11 25H2 Pro (Japanese).
[CTRL]+[CAPS LOCK] was toggle KANA input mode key on older windows. (Currently not supported.)
### Other Software
_No response_
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Research direction
Start in Keyboard Manager's New editor and reproduce the Ctrl+Caps Lock to Ctrl+Shift+KANA remapping on Windows 11 Japanese. Trace how the editor records VK240 and IME Hangul, then verify that saving the mapping toggles Roman and KANA input modes as expected. The payload names no files or tests.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- c
- Domain
- desktop
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100