Strange Challenge with some Key Combo Dispatches

[gregzacola]

23-Apr-24 - Update: It seems to be any key combo with left, right, up or down in it

 

I have created a simple workflow to help me remember a couple of shortcuts

 

They all seem to work except for:

 

⌃ ⎇ ←

⌃ ⎇ →

 

There does not seem to be any issue with the way it is setup and I see the dispatchers being called when the debugger is running

 

I have confirmed that there are no conflicts, and these shortcuts are indeed functional. (I even tried these with BTT and BTT has no issue in dispatching them)

 

Could anyone provide me with some guidance, or could this possibly be a bug?

 

Edited April 23 by gregzacola
Update

[sepulchra]

have you looked at the debugger to see if the keycombo is being output? sometimes a small delay is needed before the keycombo action if it occurs too quickly.

[gregzacola]

All seems to be fine:

[Dispatch Key Combo] Interpreted '⌃⌥→' as '→' with mod code 9175040 (using code 124)

 

Using the ability for the key combo to accept a string, you can see if even interprets the arrow correct as 124 which is dead on

 

I'm at a loss

[sepulchra]

i would put a delay in for 1 sec before that shortcut is fired to see if that has an impact. 

[gregzacola]

Has no impact. BTT has absolutely zero issues with handling this, and I'm discovering that Alfred seems incredibly temperamental with handling key combos (as much as I love Alfred)

[gregzacola]

I've now resorted to a workflow that calls an apple shortcut to achieve this

 

The only issue is that something that should be fast now has the added delay of calling the shortcut

 

If anyone has any ideas on the cause of this issue, please let me know

[sepulchra]

Can you share the details of the entire workflow? It could just be a sreenshot of it, but it may help someone troubleshoot the issue in more detail.

[gregzacola]

There was a couple I was doing and then gave up. Here is one to help me remember shortcuts for Rectangle Pro

 

I can't seem to add a workflow. See the stitched snapshots below

 

[sepulchra]

I was able to reproduce this. I'm curious -- is it only using the keycombinations with the arrow cluster that cause you the issue? 

[gregzacola]

Yes. Even does it with a completely distinct key combo as per my first post. So anything with a ↑ ↓ ← →

[sepulchra]

@Andrew i know this isn't in the bug forum but I was able to reproduce @gregzacola's issue. It appears using arrow keys in the arrow cluster don't appear to dispatch properly. I didn't set up that elaborate list filter (which is a cool way to learn some shortcuts), but did set up a simple keyword to trigger the keycombo. I then assigned it to an action in moom. If I use modifiers with any other key it will work, but if I assign modifiers to something in the arrow cluster it won't. Is this by design for some reason or a bug?

[Andrew]

@sepulchra Vitor has raised an internal ticket for this, so I'll take a look at what could be happening when I get a moment.

 

Off the top of my head, I can't think of a design reason this wouldn't work, so it may just be a bug.

[gregzacola]

Thank you very much @sepulchra. I appreciate your assistance

 

Thanks @Andrew

[gregzacola]

Hi @Andrew - I'm experiencing the same with function keys

 

e.g. 

 

`[Dispatch Key Combo] Interpreted '⌃⌥⇧F4' as 'F4' with mod code 9306112 (using code 118)`

 

Any ETA on the fix for the issue reported in April?

 

Thanks

[Andrew]

6 hours ago, gregzacola said:

Any ETA on the fix for the issue reported in April?

 

As I said, this is being tracked internally. I can't share ETAs for individual issues and features.

 

Cheers,

Andrew

[gregzacola]

Hi @Andrew

 

I'm happy if it is being tracked. Thank you very much

 

Look into the Function key issue, at the same time, if you don't mind

 

Take care