4/12/2021 0 Comments Left Ctrl Button Not Working
The solution There are only a few layouts where the RAlt key is not defined as a AltGr key, and the United States layout is one of them (see here ) So, I went to Control Panel Regional and Language Options the second tab Languages and in the field Text services and input languages clicked on Details.Since last night my right-alt key suddenly stopped working properly.
Rather annoying as I have a whole bunch of hotkeys strung through my RAlt key. When e.g. pressing RAlt p it produced. Even when I exited AutoHotkey completely the problem persisted. What the key history in AutoHotkey DID show however was that whenever I pressed the RAlt key it would automatically be accompanied by a Ctrl keystroke Using windows on-screen keyboard (most people will find this under Start Programs Accessories Accessability On-Screen keyboard) showed something similar. As soon as I pressed the RAlt key the layout changed showing all these symbols. After spending about an hour searching in the wrong direction (does it have anything to do with Sticky Keys perhaps This in-built function in windows for disabled people. You can find it in Control Panel Accessability Options the tab Keyboard) I finally came across this post, which directed me to a Wikipedia page on the RAlt key, or actually the AltGr key. ![]() And that was exactly my problem I had just been setting up this system anew after a virus infection caused me to restore the system to factory defaults, and I guess that while twiddling around with some settings I must have changed the keyboard layout to US-International. In the second field Installed Services I had two keyboard layouts listed US-International and US with US-International being highlighted as it was currently in use. I selected that one, clicked on the Remove button and selected the US layout. One reboot later and, presto, the RAlt key is behaving like the RAlt key again, and not like an AltGr. Note that if this option is disabled, you need to unmap all keys used with AltGr and AltGrShift in the MKLC. Anyway you can map these keys back in your autohotkey script. Project - Build DLL and Setup Package - Install - Swith to your custom keyboard Enjoy.
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