microsoft / microsoft/PowerToys
Keyboard manager does not distinguish between both \ (backslash) keys
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Description
### Microsoft PowerToys version
0.100.0
### Installation method
PowerToys auto-update
### Area(s) with issue?
Keyboard Manager
### Steps to reproduce
1. Use an ISO keyboard with two \\ keys.
2. Add a new mapping.
3. Sample for the source key.
4. Press the left \\ (one to the right of the left shift).
5. Expand the key list to realize there are actually two separate `\` entries there.
6. Sample the destination key.
7. Press 1.
8. Save and keep the mapping enabled.
9. Open any text field and press the other \\ (to the left of return).
### ✔️ Expected Behavior
`\` is entered into a field, because
1. This is not a key that was mapped,
2. The interface even lists two separate `\` entries,
3. In the old remapping interface the separation is respected.
Additionally it would not hurt, if these keys were labeled distinctively, like `Shift (Left)` and `Shift (Right)` are currently.
### ❌ Actual Behavior
`1` is entered as if the other key was pressed.
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### Additional Information
In my particular case the keyboard is HP 320K.
This seems to be a regression, as these keys were distinguished in the old remap editor.
### Other Software
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Contributor guide
Research direction
Start in Keyboard Manager's key-sampling and mapping-list entry points, reproducing the ISO keyboard case with its two backslash keys. Trace how the sampled source key is identified and how the mapping is applied. Done means mapping one backslash key does not affect the other, and the two entries can be distinguished in the interface.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Domain
- desktop, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 55/100