Powertoys: VMware Workstation Player not recognized by FancyZones

[ItHurtsToThink]

Environment

Windows build number: 10.0.18362.449
PowerToys version: 0.13.0
PowerToy module for which you are reporting the bug (if applicable): FancyZones

Steps to reproduce

Hold shift key while moving a VMware Player window.

Expected behavior

FancyZones layout should show and VMware Player window should snap to a FancyZone.

Actual behavior

It does not, window moves as if shift is not held.

Screenshots

[enricogior]

Hi @ItHurtsToThink
thank you for reporting the issue.

[enricogior]

I can reproduce the bug when the Shift key is required to enable the zones.
Turning the Shift key requirement off makes the zones appear.
Pressing Shift will not dis-activate the zones.
It looks like VMWare Player is intercepting the Shift key so PowerToys never receives the event.

[enricogior]

There is also a side-effect after dragging a VMWare Player window: the zones activate on resizing any window.

[kjiwa]

I can also confirm this behavior. I'm using VMWare Workstation Player 15.5.1. The VM selection dialog does snap to a zone, but once a VM has started, the window hosting the VM will not snap to a zone.

[enricogior]

There is nothing we can do to fix it, since whatever modifier FZ uses, it gets "stolen" by VMWare and never get processed by FancyZones.
A possible workaround would be to have a list of approved apps that always activate the zones.

[lbreuss]

+1: "A possible workaround would be to have a list of approved apps that always activate the zones."