Spectacle: Application not working at all after latest release+

Created on 29 Sep 2016 · 6Comments · Source: eczarny/spectacle

After updating to version 1.1 I have been unable to get the app to work on my desktop at all. Not sure why?

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patrickcze

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I'd discovered that the issue is specific to the "alt" key, ie. spectacle doesn't recognize the key at all. This only affects one of my two machines running OS X 10.11.6, but I can't identify the difference between the two which causes the issue.

mardlin on 29 Sep 2016

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I have the same issue.

mardlin on 29 Sep 2016

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I have also only seen this on one of my two machines

patrickcze on 30 Sep 2016

I did a clean install of Sierra, and the "alt" key does not work. I don't know if I was on Spectacle 1.1 before wiping and installing so I can't say if it's Sierra or Spectacle 1.1

bemky on 4 Oct 2016

I can confirm that this issue is occurring only on my El Capitan machine and that my MacBook Pro running Sierra is still functioning.

patrickcze on 4 Oct 2016

The issue with the option key is being tracked in #657.

As for why Spectacle isn't working in El Capitan I'm unsure. I just recently switched to Sierra and had no trouble before upgrading or after. It's worth noting that I have seen issues in the last on El Capitan where Spectacle would sometimes just stop working. After rebooting things would work again as expected. I've always chalked it up to a bug in OS X.

Closing this for now. If the issue persists feel free to reopen.