Gaming and Powertools

[SultonMRP]

Microsoft PowerToys version

0.81.1

Installation method

Microsoft Store

Running as admin

Yes

Area(s) with issue?

Keyboard Manager

Steps to reproduce

Playing a game that use left alt, wads and tabs keys

✔️ Expected Behavior

blocking alt=>w=>tab combo in keyboard tools to block combo

❌ Actual Behavior

i press and hold left alt, then press and hold w then press and hold tab, it bring up window selection screen. seams powertools does not support this key combination. which is an issue for gammers

Other Software

world of warcraft?

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Open similar issues:

• PowerToys shortcut bug (#31653), similarity score: 0.77
• Alt+Tab does not disable if a third key is also pressed. (#25034), similarity score: 0.77
• Keyboard Manager - Remapping is overriden by built in Windows Hotkeys. (#26001), similarity score: 0.76

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• Problems during gaming (#31076), similarity score: 0.80
• Keyboard keys combine blocks because of Powertoys. (#26529), similarity score: 0.77

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[ethanfangg]

hey this is just a little unclear, can you specify the exact remapping pair you want to function correctly? (some of the open or closed similar issues might be reporting the same things? if you do see a duplicate, feel free to close this issue and +1 onto that issue!)

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