Pure-data: keyboard shortcuts doesn't works when CAPS LOCK ON / windows

[jlquispec]

keyboard shortcuts doesn't works when CAPS LOCK is ON

Windows 10

[matthewbrandi]

On 25/09/2020 00:46, Jorge Quispe wrote:> keyboard shortcuts doesn't works when CAPS
LOCK is ON> Windows 10
Dear Jorge

What exactly are you seeing?

Over here on Linux & pd 0.51.2, it seems to be the case that when the caps lock is
on, Ctl+ keyboard commands don’t work (i.e. one doesn’t get the caps lock off
behaviour) but that Shift+Ctl+ keyboard commands do work (in the same way as with
caps lock off).

For example, with caps lock on:

Ctl+s       doesn’t save
Shift+Ctl+s does save as

Ctl+n       doesn’t open a new patch window
Shift+Ctl+n does “put” a number box object

I cannot comment on whether this is expected/intended behaviour, but I cannot at the
drop of a hat think of a rationale for it.

Best

m

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matthew brandi

[Spacechild1]

I cannot comment on whether this is expected/intended behaviour

This is certainly a bug. Caps lock shouldn't affect keyboard shortcuts. At least it doesn't do so in the apps I've checked. Imagine you're writing text in all caps in LibreOffice and couldn't do Ctl + C or Ctl + V...

[jlquispec]

Exactly, it's not a normal behaviour. Caps lock shouldn't affect keyboard shortcuts.

For example when I try to switch between Edit mode and Execute mode (Ctrl + e) while I'm writing a comment using Capital Letters

[AydinHumphries]

hmm I was repeatedly encountering that issue and just thought it was a normal behaviour. but no, other applications let you do keyboard shortcuts with caps lock on it seems.

[umlaeute]

the fun thing is, that we actually have been through this before.

i even seem to remember deleting a patch (as in: code change) that dealt with caps-lock-shortcuts during a routine cleanup of my harddisk only a few days before :thinking: