When Windows suddenly starts mixing up keys for various applications.
Posted by jpluimers on 2018/05/14
Since:
- many people use the left-alt key as it as it is more accessible
- development tools uses a lot of Alt-Shift based keyboard shortcuts
- Windows by default has the Left Alt+Shift shortcut enabled to switch language+keyboard layout combinations
- In most countries, Windows by default has more than one language+keyboard combination installed
- Windows remembers per application instance which language+keyboard combination is used
every now and then you will get strange characters in only your development tools.
You can change this Windows setting, but be aware that every now and then, various Windows versions will re-enable the Left Alt+Shift even if you have previously disabled it. As of Windows 7 this occurs far less often, but still seems to occur.
Source: Question: Does anyone else have instances in the IDE (Berlin but has happened…
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