microsoft / microsoft/PowerToys
Fancyzones hold shift to activate while dragging disabling shift when typing normally
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Description
Microsoft PowerToys version
0.99.1
Installation method
WinGet
Area(s) with issue?
FancyZones
Steps to reproduce
I installed (updated) Powertoys using winget to version 0.99.1 and afterwards the "Hold shift while dragging a window to activate zones" made it so I couldn't type Capital letters using shift. It seemed to overwrite my Shift key behaviour since Powertoys still registered me pressing shift when I tried to change shortcuts and it's working now after I toggled that option off.
✔️ Expected Behavior
This functionality to actually only activate when I press and hold shift whilst dragging a window.
❌ Actual Behavior
Basically disabled my 'normal' shift key behaviour
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Additional Information
25h2 build 26200.8246
.net 8.0.26
Dutch
System install?? because I used winget?
not running as admin
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Research direction
Start by reproducing the issue in FancyZones on PowerToys 0.99.1 with “Hold shift while dragging a window to activate zones” enabled. Verify that Shift still types capital letters normally when no window is being dragged, while holding it during a drag activates zones; confirm the behavior on the reported Windows 25H2 build.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- c
- Domain
- desktop, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100