microsoft / microsoft/PowerToys
Keyboard manager Bug (Allow chords activating)
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Description
### Microsoft PowerToys version
0.100.2
### Installation method
Microsoft Store
### Area(s) with issue?
Keyboard Manager
### Steps to reproduce
Create new shortcut and disable "Allow chords" -> save
Even though you disable "Allow chords" when you enter the configuration after saving "Allow chords" activates by itself.
### ✔️ Expected Behavior
Allow chords not activated
### ❌ Actual Behavior
If you close the editor after disabling "Allow chords" and open it again, it activates by itself.
### Upload Bug Report ZIP-file
[PowerToysReport_2026-07-02-13-26-01.zip](https://github.com/user-attachments/files/29595590/PowerToysReport_2026-07-02-13-26-01.zip)
### Additional Information
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### Other Software
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Contributor guide
Research direction
Reproduce the issue in Keyboard Manager on PowerToys 0.100.2 by creating a shortcut, disabling “Allow chords,” saving, and reopening its configuration. Trace where the shortcut’s setting is saved and loaded; done means the control remains disabled after reopening.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- c
- Domain
- desktop
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 55/100