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Holding Alt-(key) on Sub-Menu item doesn't trigger that Command. #27106

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JoelViney opened this issue May 23, 2017 · 8 comments
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Holding Alt-(key) on Sub-Menu item doesn't trigger that Command. #27106

JoelViney opened this issue May 23, 2017 · 8 comments
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  • VSCode Version: 1.12.2
  • OS Version: Windows 10

Steps to Reproduce:

  1. Open Visual Studio Code
  2. Hold Down the 'Alt' key
  3. Press the 'F' (while still holding down the 'Alt' key)
    The File menu will appear at the top right of your screen
  4. Press 'N' (while still holding down the 'Alt' key)
    Nothing happens.

Expected Behaviour: A new file is added to your solution.
The first item in the File menu is 'New File' with the letter N underlined. The underline indicates that it can be activated by pressing the key. The standard approach is to also allow the 'Alt' key to be pressed at the same time.

This should work if the 'Alt' key is still being pressed as this is the behaviour of most editors in windows e.g. Notepad, Word, Visual Studio...
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I hope to see this fixed. 20yrs of muscle memory in VS has me quickly hitting Alt+F, S. Unfortunately in VSCode if I don't release Alt before S is pressed it doesn't accept the sequence. VS (on windows) supports S with or without ALT key still being pressed.

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WereDev commented Aug 4, 2017

I am having a similar issue though it seems intermittent. Alt+key not working for any of the menus. Didn't work one day. Worked for me yesterday. Not working today.

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monk-time commented Sep 13, 2017 •
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The same issue as in the comment (as a closed issue) above. Alt+key randomly stopped working for me today. Restarting VSCode doesn't help. Haven't tried restarting the system yet.

Seems to be related to #10525 (which is also closed for some reason).

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@WereDev, I figured it out: it was caused by Scroll Lock: #19011

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WereDev commented Sep 13, 2017

@monk-time , confirmed! I tested it out and it replicated my issue beautifully! I guess I just had a couple fat finger days...

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fider commented Apr 30, 2018

Same here.
While it still works in other applications in VS Code it is not working.

Restart of Windows helped :)

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At least Alt+F opens the file menu for you. Doesn't for me on Linux.

Apparently they decided this just wasn't an issue: #10525

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bpasero commented Aug 17, 2018

Duplicate of #52935

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