arrow keys not working [External module issue under Node 4.*/5.*]

[totano]

I followed the tutorial on VS Code website, installed latest aspnet-generator with npm install -g yo grunt-cli generator-aspnet bower and it went fine, but on the first choice of yo aspnet (application type) i cannot move the cursor with arrows. OS Windows 10

Edit from Sayed: For the latest status see nodejs/node#2996

[peterblazejewicz]

@totano
Do you mean option select when generator starts? And that you cannot select one?

[totano]

yes

[peterblazejewicz]

@totano Thanks!

The Yeoman uses Inquirer.js module for this: https://github.com/sboudrias/Inquirer.js
We need a help with testing the problem on Win10, any other folks can spot this problem?

[Spinarooni]

It's working fine for me on my Windows 10 machine using yo 1.4.8 and node.js 0.12.6.

[peterblazejewicz]

@Spinarooni
Thanks! Appreciated

@sayedihashimi
I assume you should have a Win10 machine in your team :)

@totano
Can you let us know node version you're using? node --version, yo --version
This one npm list -g --depth=0 should list version of generator installed on your machine
Thanks!

[totano]

node v4.0.0
yo 1.4.8
npm
├── bower@1.5.2
├── generator-aspnet@0.0.73
├── grunt-cli@0.1.13
└── yo@1.4.8

[totano]

there's an issue in inquirer, seems node 4 related

[peterblazejewicz]

@totano
Thanks! Something I though about :(

[Plinnio]

I have exactly the same problem. I am on Windows 10, and the first time I created an application it worked, but now the arrow keys don't work when I have to select an application type.

[Spinarooni]

@Plinnio Are you also running Node v4.0.0?

[Plinnio]

@Spinarooni Yes, this is the latest version I found.

[Spinarooni]

@Plinnio If you want to roll back to Node 0.12.6 then you can download it from https://nodejs.org/dist/v0.12.6/. The issue seems to be related to the Node 4.0.* release. It seems there is a bug in the Inquirer module: SBoudrias/Inquirer.js#282

[Plinnio]

@Spinarooni Thanks, how do I install that stuff?

[Spinarooni]

@Plinnio If you 're on Windows 10 x64 then you could download the MSI installer. You may need to uninstall the current version first though. I haven't updated to Node v4 yet so I am not 100 percent sure.

[peterblazejewicz]

ref: SBoudrias/Inquirer.js#266

[Plinnio]

After installing Node 0.12.6 the issue was solved. Thank you.

[peterblazejewicz]

I had repeated the problem on Win 8.1 machine at work. Maybe I would be able to contribute somehow to external module
Node 4.1

[dtsiktsiris]

same thing here
node 4.1.0
yo 1.4.8

on the "yo -v" select list, arrows works fine

[peterblazejewicz]

@ditsikts Thanks very much. I've forwarded your tip about yo tool generator list selection to original module list

[peterblazejewicz]

The problem is pinpointed and reposted to Node repo:
nodejs/node#2996

[tienloc1]

@Spinarooni thank so much your help, it is work good in cmd.exe, but it still not work in git bash.

[peterblazejewicz]

Someone posted update about Node 4.1.1 fixing a problem:
SBoudrias/Inquirer.js#282 (comment)
I'll try tomorrow at work

[Spinarooni]

@peterblazejewicz Tested on my Win 10 machine with Node 4.1.1 and I still have the issue at the command prompt and in PowerShell. Works fine using Cmder.

[peterblazejewicz]

@Spinarooni
Thanks! I've PowerShell, CMD and GitBash Win8.1 at work, so we will have a wide spectrum covered

[peterblazejewicz]

I've got a new machine at work with Win10.
The 4.2.4 Node (current LTS version) works in all three terminals on this machine:

• Win CMD
• PowerShell
• Git Bash (Git for Windows)

If someone could confirm we can somehow instruct people on windows to update to this (or later) version of Node, maybe as post install hook.
Thanks!

[pumpi]

after installing the new git bash not working on Win7 with it
I have install the latest stable version of node (v5.4.1)

[peterblazejewicz]

@pumpi The LST 4.2.4 version has the same fix btw and it will be used as base release.

[jimmy4701]

Another cool solution is to use 'cmder'. an emulation of consoles in nodejs to run multiple consoles in a same program on Windows. Cool design, a lot of commands (unix, windows... etc...)

[wolfhoundjesse]

My keys work, but I found out on accident. The selector indicator never moves, but I can, in fact, choose items from the menu. You know, carefully.

Node 5.5
NPM 3.5.3
Windows 7
Git-Bash

[lincolnpires]

I had the same problem.

But did as @Spinarooni said and voilá.
Ran yo and then picked the aspnet generator.

Win 8.1 Pro
npm 3.5.2
node 4.1.0

[zhaomiing]

same issue here,
and solved after upgrade node to v5.5.0

[bastienJS]

Does not work on:
Windows 10 64bit
Just did

• npm install generator-aspnet
• yo aspnet
• arrows do nothing...
  BUG

[peterblazejewicz]

@bastienJS
Please post Node/NPM version (I'm using Win10/64 at work).

[jeffpignataro]

@peterblazejewicz Also running Win10 x64. I'm having the same issue:
Node v5.6.0
NPM v3.7.2

Tried on numerous versions of Node and NPM 2.11.8 previously before upgrading.

[peterblazejewicz]

This is a recurring problem. The NodeJS project is tracking issue here:
nodejs/node#5384

[SalvatoreMeschini]

Node version: 5.7.0
Npm version: 3.7.5
Yo: 1.7.0

Same issues here on Windows 10 64 bit :-(

[uurcakmak]

Hi,

I'm having the same issue on Windows 10 64bit (Build 1511), with following versions,

node: 5.10.1
npm: 3.8.3
yo: 1.7.0

[peombwa]

@uurcakmak @SalvatoreMeschini @peterblazejewicz @bastienJS @zhaomiing
I had the same issue when I run yo aspnet

The trick is to run yo then select aspnet as the generator

And now you should be able to use the arrow keys.

[peterblazejewicz]

@pwombwa Thanks for the tips!

[jeffpignataro]

After having reinstalled yo (amongst pretty much everything else including VS2015, npm, bower, git, npm, node, etc as part of VSCode/.NET Core reinstalls) it appears that yo aspnet is working fine for me now. I'm able to control it as expected. Unfortunately, I don't have a great answer as to what specifically what fixed it for me, but it does appear that reinstalls did fix the issue.

[SalvatoreMeschini]

It's a bug, see nodejs/node#5384 and nodejs/node#5927

Sometimes arrows work, most of the times they don't.

[papamarfo]

Downgrade node and you'd be at peace :)

[projer-zz]

Made it work in Windows 10 (64 bits) with :
Node 4.1.1
Yeoman 1.8.3
Npm 3.8.6

But only in Windows PowerShell, doesn't work in Git Bash.

[Etrahkad]

Windows Powershell fixes these issues.

[lizboccolini]

I'm having the same issue with version 6.10.1 of node.

[peterblazejewicz]

@lizboccolini
What's your OS? While I cannot repeat that on OS X, these could be OS related problem in @SBoudrias/Inquirer.js (the lib behind dynamic list in yo)

[lizboccolini]

Windows 10

[peterblazejewicz]

@lizboccolini Thx, again, as work around try different shell terminal, for example I've been using PowerShell instead of Bash on Windows. Also: are you able to select any item just by typing 'yo' in terminal? (you should be offered a list of installed generators as default Yo action)

[lizboccolini]

Using PowerShell solved it. Thank you!

[ghost]

Keypress doesn't work in Git Bash for me. But it works fine with ConEmu64 (https://conemu.github.io/) on Windows 10.

[peterblazejewicz]

We are shutting this repo down, it's been replaced with dotnet new.

Thanks!

[sayedihashimi]

We are shutting this repo down, it's been replaced with dotnet new.