microsoft / microsoft/PowerToys
[Keyboard Manager] Editor Randomly Activates / Deactivates Shortcuts; Toggles On "Allow Chords" On Its Own
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Description
Microsoft PowerToys version
Newest
Installation method
PowerToys auto-update
Area(s) with issue?
Keyboard Manager
Steps to reproduce
If I rebind (in my case) right alt key to any chosen shortcut, then save & exit, it's almost a guarantee that I'll come back and find the "allow chords" option toggled on despite me at no point doing it myself.
Toggling "allow chords" off will result in all other shortcuts getting randomly disabled. This is extremely infuriating and has been happened to me all the time recently.
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Research direction
Start in the Keyboard Manager settings flow and reproduce the issue by rebinding Right Alt, saving, exiting, and reopening PowerToys. Check how the Allow Chords option and shortcut mappings are persisted and restored; done means the option no longer changes unexpectedly and disabling it does not disable other shortcuts.
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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
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100