I am taking a Microsoft Python training using an azure sandbox. When typing open parenthesis the cursor turns open (as opposed to white filled) and does not accept further keyboard inputs. Clicking on the cursor resumes keyboard functionality. All other keys function as expected. Two ergonomic keyboards and two browsers give same result. I am running Windows MS365 on a Mac mini. I would appreciate any help. Thanks. Fred.
Microsoft is planning to release a fix after 7/1/21:
Azure Cloud Shell: Cannot Type left parentheses
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I am using a non-US keyboard (Brazilian ABNT2), and some keyboard shortcuts are not working specifically in Gmail running on Windows.
But the same keyboard shortcuts work properly in Gmail running on MacOS.
And also the same keyboard shortcuts work properly in Google Calendar, both in Windows and MacOS.
It seems to be only a Gmail+Windows issue.
I can't use shortcuts with "/" and "" on my Brazilian ABNT2 keyboard, an I believe it's because these keys have a different code/mapping than the same keys in an International-US keyboard:
International-US:
[/ ?] = Key 0x0035 (00_35)
[\ |] = Key 0x002B (00_2B)
ABNT2:
[\ |] = Key 0x0056 (00_56)
[/ ?] = Key: 0x0073 (00_73)
For some reason, these keys produce the correct effect when writing an email. No issues in writing.
But the problem happens when they are used as keyboard shortcuts.
Being more specific with examples, on an ABNT2 keyboard on Gmail+Windows 10:
pressing "?" key does nothing (and should open the Gmail help);
pressing "/" key does nothing (and should move the focus to the search box);
pressing "\" sequence of keys does nothing (and as per my personally configured keyboard shortcuts, should archive the selected email).
Complement 1: These issues are not affecting gmail in my MacOS (everything works properly there). This is happening only in my Windows 10.
Complement 2: this issue is not affecting Google Calendar on Windows 10... Pressing "/" correctly moves the focus to the search box, both in MacOS and Windows 10. So it's clearly some problem in Gmail, not in the hardware.
Any ideas on how I could make these exact keyboard shortcuts to work in Gmail on Windows 10?
Is this a bug, and if yes, is there anyone from Google here that can help to address this issue to be corrected?
Thanks in advance for your reply!
By your description it seems or an hardware issue or some settings in the Gmail account.
Have you checked if the setting for the shortcuts is actually on?
On a computer, go to Gmail.
In the top right, click Settings and then ‘See all settings.’
Click Settings.
Scroll down to the "Keyboard shortcuts" section.
Select Keyboard shortcuts on.
At the bottom of the page, click Save Changes.
Keyboard shortcuts for Gmail: https://support.google.com/mail/answer/6594
If is not this then I suggest you to do some testing with your hardware.
I tell you this because by experience this doesn't seems like a bug at all for the simple reason that in a Mac works but in a windows it doesn't. Also it is very unlikely that there may be some discrepancy between the gmail web UI and a OS, but rather between the gmail UI and the browser firstly.
Actually by putting in order what you should check first:
Hardware, check by changing the keyboard language in the windows system ---> Switch between languages using the Language bar: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/switch-between-languages-using-the-language-bar-1c2242c0-fe15-4bc3-99bc-535de6f4f258
.2 If doesn't help try on a different Windows computer and with a different Keyboard.
.3 If still not working then use a different Browser (is the browser that is interacting with the webpage, in this case gmail.google.com and not the device OS directly with Gmail).
If then you see then is not solving you may report this by going in the top right corner in gmail.google.com, press the question mark (?) logo and leave a feedback as it would be the best way to directly comunicate with a Googler.
I have searched all corners of the internet, yet to find an answer to my simple question:
How to place, directly from keyboard input, the Em-Dash "—" character onto a code editor such as Notepad++ or Dreamweaver using modern notebooks (such as a dell xps 13" 2015, win10 64bit) without:
any extended keyboard numbpad, obviously;
any third party automation scripting softwares;
any charactermap insertion tools such as windows charactermap
How? Thanks!
I imagine you're asking about how to do it in Windows here.
I assume you know how you'd do it if you had a numeric keypad (Alt + 0151 if as it seems you are on the 1252 code page).
See also Insert Unicode characters via the keyboard? , in order to use the unicode value (Alt + +2014) .
This is an at least related question: How to emulate numpad on a PC laptop?
Possible solutions:
Most notebooks do have an hidden "numpad", accessible through the Fn key (see for example https://www.dummies.com/computers/pcs/the-hidden-numeric-keypad-on-your-laptop/ ).
I couldn't find out for sure if the Dell XPS 13 specifically does, but it is very likely.
This Me and My Dell manual (Using numeric keypad on a laptop) seems to explain its usage for all Dell laptops.
Use copy and paste (copy the character from some place and paste in the editor). A clipboard manager might help you if you choose to go this way.
You might also use some third-party software to have that character emitted when you press a key or shortcut, but I guess that is included in your "third party automation scripting softwares" prescription.
Use the unicode combination! I now found out that with that one you can use indifferently both numbers from the keypad and normal ones !
Unfortunately it still requires the numpad's "plus" (add) key, so you need to be able to type at least that.
See Insert Unicode characters via the keyboard? or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unicode_input to learn how to enable the combination, if it is not already enabled.
If there indeed exist laptops with no numeric keypad support unfortunately the Windows developers didn't fully anticipate for that; it probably wouldn't take much and wouldn't have negative repercussions for Windows to support the insertion via the normal numeric keys (or the normal + for the Unicode combination), but for now it's not supported (as far as I know).
It would be a bad mistake on the part of the laptops' developers to not include any way to type the numpad keys, though, as they are required by many programs.
I have a bluetooth headset that I would like to be able to quickly switch between connection from my laptop(running windows 8) to my phone. I downloaded autohotkey to help me make a hotkey that would connect to my bluetooth headset, but I was only able to make a hotkey that would open the bluetooth control panel for my specific headset, which is not what I was trying to accomplish. What I am trying to accomplish is a hotkey that would immediately connect my headset when typed.
The code I used in autohotkey, to open the bluetooth control panel(by clicking Ctrl+Alt+B) is:
^!b:: run "C:\Program Files\WIDCOMM\Bluetooth Software\BTWUIExt.exe" /deviceAddr=445ef3aa5294
this code won't work for you as the numbers and letters on the end are a uniqe idendifier for my specific headset. You can find your unique id by opening bluetooth in the control panel and right clicking your headset, selecting properties, clicking the bluetooth tab (remove the dots and colons).
This worked to connect the first bluetooth device in the list (Windows 10)
#SingleInstance,force
;https://autohotkey.com/board/topic/83571-autohotkey-connect-to-bluetooth/
^F1::
Run, bthprops.cpl
Sleep, 2000
Send, {tab}{tab}{enter}{tab}{enter}
Sleep, 200
Send,!{Tab}
return
There is very little information to give exact solution. But from given information I can say:
You can automate GUI with AutoHotkey so that script will go to the
place where unique id is located. In fact, AutoHotkey allows any
GUI automation (conventional or non conventional GUI).
If the unique id is there as a text and you can copy it, then it
also can be automated by several ways. If unique id cant be coped
and is as image, then it is slightly complicated and you need to use some OCR
techniques. In that case you need to make screenshot of that region
and use some OCR script getting text out of it. Or with AutoHotkey pass image to OCR software and get text from it.
After you have text, you can manipulate it the way you like. Most powerfull solution
is Regular Expressions which are supported by AutoHotkey.
When unique id is ready to use, you can use it in Run
command this way:
^!b:: run "C:\Program Files\WIDCOMM\Bluetooth Software\BTWUIExt.exe" %MyUnicIDVariable%
Turns out that the code I have works on its own. If I just wait for about 10 seconds after typing out the hotkey, the headphones connect, and the control panel that opened automatically closes. Quite convenient actually as I didn't expect it to connect or to auto-close the window.
Thanks for the effort anyway!
Try to install [Broadcom Bluetooth 4.0 Driver for Windows 8.1 ] LINK=>> 1 !
At least works fine on my HP-EliteBook-8570p with stereo "BlueDio 99B" headset. After switching the headset ON the Windows connect the device automatically, and switch Audio-Stream into new-attached device. Optimal!
PS - Unfortunately it is still the Problem with Windows 8.1 + Skype( MIC-Problem) :( Windows 8 is the first OS, than not support Skype at all! ;)
My problem is very simple, but implementation can be hard!
I want that my application (Windows Application:: Visual C# .net) is launched whenever the user uses some keys combinations (on his keyboard).
For example it types Ctrl+W+W and my application is launched, that's all, I want the simplest implementation, less code, memory...
Thanks :D
You would need to write a keylogger type application in conjunction with your app which monitors for keyboard events. Once your specific shortcut is triggered you could then load your application.
See here for information on how to capture keystrokes.
Create a shortcut to the application, and assign a hot-key combination to the shortcut. Depending on the O/S, not every keystroke combination can be assigned to a shortcut, e.g. you may be able to assign Ctrl+Alt+W but not Ctrl+W+W.
On Windows, you can create a shortcut (on the desktop) to your application.
When you open the properties of the shortcut, on the second tab (labeled "Shortcut"), you can assign a shortcut key. But you can use only Ctrl+Alt+key shortcuts.
I don't think this is possible in the way that you framed this question. What is possible, however, is to have your application run automatically on startup without showing any forms, have it hook into Windows to monitor all keystrokes (I'm not sure how to do that part, exactly) and then show a form when the user presses a particular sequence of keys.
So in other words, your application would have to be running from the time Windows starts, but only show itself (make a form visible) when the user clicks a particular key sequence.
Update: here is a link to an article that discusses how to do global keystroke capture using C#: http://blogs.msdn.com/toub/archive/2006/05/03/589423.aspx.
After reading Jeff's review of Microsoft's Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000. I decided to get one. It comes with this really nice Instant Viewer feature that it assigns to the middle button of your mouse. Not wanting to lose my middle button "open in new tab" function. I wanted to assign it to the keyboard. I'v looked at task manager when using it and it seems to be part of the ipoint.exe.
Does anyone know if its possible to assign it to the keyboard and how?
Did you try to do it using Microsoft's keyboard software (IntelliType Pro) and mouse software (IntelliPoint)?
I just installed Intellitype Pro 7.1 on XP (I didn't install Intellipoint) and it does let you assign Instant Viewer to a key. You might need a Microsoft keyboard to use it though (you need an M$ mouse for Intellipoint).