vitor Posted May 20, 2013 Share Posted May 20, 2013 I have a portuguese keyboard. This means that I type 4 using a single key, and $ by issuing ⇧+4. The problem arises when I try to set a keyboard shortcut (happens both in workflows and with Alfred’s main hotkey) to ^+⇧+4 — Alfred sees it as ^+⇧+$, which means it’s expecting me to use ⇧ plus a key that already needs it in the first place, effectively preventing the correct usage of the shortcut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vero Posted May 20, 2013 Share Posted May 20, 2013 (edited) I have a portuguese keyboard. This means that I type 4 using a single key, and $ by issuing ⇧+4. The problem arises when I try to set a keyboard shortcut (happens both in workflows and with Alfred’s main hotkey) to ^+⇧+4 — Alfred sees it as ^+⇧+$, which means it’s expecting me to use ⇧ plus a key that already needs it in the first place, effectively preventing the correct usage of the shortcut. This combination is exactly the same on a UK keyboard, which Andrew uses everyday to develop Alfred Alfred registers the actual keys you're pressing so if you're pressing down the Shift key and a number key, Alfred will register this as the shift + number key combo. In the case of shift + 4, this is $. Setting a combo to shift + a number and expecting the number is an impossibility as OS X and Alfred will always recognise the modified key instead (e.g. the $ sign, not the number 4). If you want to use a combination with numbers, you'll need to use cmd/opt/ctrl modifiers instead of the shift key. Edited May 20, 2013 by Andrew Misunderstanding by Vero, corrected below Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vitor Posted May 20, 2013 Author Share Posted May 20, 2013 Setting a combo to shift + a number and expecting the number is an impossibility as OS X and Alfred will always recognise the modified key instead (e.g. the $ sign, not the number 4). I have to disagree there, at least in what concerns OSX. If I go to System Preferences → Keyboard → Keyboard Shortcuts, and set a shortcut there, OSX can do it correctly without a problem. So if you tell me a third-party app couldn’t for some reason implement this without some work, I’d accept that, but it is clearly not an impossibility on OSX. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Posted May 20, 2013 Share Posted May 20, 2013 I have to disagree there, at least in what concerns OSX. If I go to System Preferences → Keyboard → Keyboard Shortcuts, and set a shortcut there, OSX can do it correctly without a problem. So if you tell me a third-party app couldn’t for some reason implement this without some work, I’d accept that, but it is clearly not an impossibility on OSX. Hi Victor, The hotkey / combo still works, it's simply displaying differently in Alfred. If I setup a cmd+shift+4 hotkey, it works as expected when I use it. Cheers, Andrew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vitor Posted May 20, 2013 Author Share Posted May 20, 2013 Hi Victor, The hotkey / combo still works, it's simply displaying differently in Alfred. If I setup a cmd+shift+4 hotkey, it works as expected when I use it. Cheers, Andrew It is, you’re right. For some reason it seems to be taking a bit to act on it (may very well be the scripts fault), which explains why it seemed to not be working before. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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