notepad-plus-plus / notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus
Undo hotkey Alt+Backspace makes a beep sound
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Description
Windows traditionally uses both hotkeys for undo, Alt+Backspace and Ctrl+Z. (There are more alternates often neglected by developers, like Ctrl+C/Ctrl+Insert, Ctrl+X/Shift+Delete, Ctrl+V/Shift+Insert.)
While both undo hotkeys work here, fortunately (unlike Ctrl+W vs. Ctrl+F4, see #879), Alt+Backspace plays the default sound when pressed. This should not happen.
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Research direction
Reproduce the issue in the Notepad++ editor by invoking Undo with Alt+Backspace on Windows, then trace the keyboard handling for that shortcut. Done means Alt+Backspace still performs Undo without playing the default system beep; no file or test location is specified in the issue.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp
- Domain
- desktop
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 38/100