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+--Forum: Mp3/Tag Studio Support and Bug Reports
+---Topic: Minor annoyance started by thei
Posted by: thei on Nov. 25 2002,18:25
In Browse/Edit tags & flags... with focus set on one of the edit fields (title, artist etc.) and using the keyboard shortcut Alt+ up or down key to move to next/previous file, if the alt key is released after the up/down key, it is interpreted as an incomplete ASCII entry (as in Alt + 0160 being non-breaking space for example), and prints a "?" into whichever field has active focus at the time, which quite annoys me
Yeah... I know it’s because I'm uncoordinated and can't release the alt and up/down key at precisely the same time... but maybe there are other people like me too?
Posted by: Magnus Brading on Nov. 25 2002,19:27
Hmm, very strange, I cannot reproduce this and have never heard of it before.
Does anyone else here get the same effect? Which operating system version are you using? Maybe it's a (non-default) Windows setting that lets you insert alt+code characters into texts (just like in good old DOS)?
Posted by: thei on Nov. 25 2002,19:55
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Hmm, very strange, I cannot reproduce this and have never heard of it before.
Does anyone else here get the same effect? Which operating system version are you using? Maybe it's a (non-default) Windows setting that lets you insert alt+code characters into texts (just like in good old DOS)?
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Operating System: Windows XP, 2000, 98SE
I thought everyone could do alt+... characters?
I've always been able to... ◘☻♠ <-- alt+ up, down, right arrow keys (alt + left = go back in IE...).
Only possible weird thing is Microsoft Intellitype, Microsoft Natural Pro keyboard (USB and PS2), but from my experience any keyboard, any PC, will generate a "null" or "?" or something character on an alt+ any numberpad key (which includes the arrow keys and insert, delete etc.) or will generate the appropriate alt+code if you type it. I use non-breaking spaces that way quite often
Posted by: Magnus Brading on Nov. 25 2002,20:21
I only get this effect with the 1-9 number pad keys, not the "special" keys like the arrows, insert, delete and such?
You are talking about the "normal" arrow keys, right (and not the arrows on the 2,4,6,8 keys)?Might it have something to do with num-lock or something like that maybe? Please try to experiment with the num-lock state, and see if this changes something, ok?
Posted by: thei on Nov. 26 2002,01:34
Hello,
Yes, I am talking about the normal arrow keys. I have tried num-lock, scroll-lock etc. It makes no difference. Maybe it is my keyboard, it has been a long time since I used a different one?
Posted by: Magnus Brading on Nov. 26 2002,02:16
Hmm, are you using a non-english Windows version? Certain non-english operating system versions, where the native alphabet in non-latin (like Cyrillic, Chinese, Thai, ...), have more complex support for entering multi-key-combination characters than other. Maybe that's what causing it?
Posted by: thei on Nov. 26 2002,02:34
Hello,
Standard US keyboard layout, standard US version.
I'll test it on my Windows98 machine with a normal keyboard and default windows 98 drivers, and let you know what happens, but I probably won't be doing this test for a few days (machine is currently inoperable).
Posted by: Magnus Brading on Nov. 26 2002,02:45
Ok, sounds great, I'm looking forward to hearing about it. But no rush, take your time.
Posted by: Disposable Hero on Nov. 27 2002,05:02
I tried to reproduce this on my system:
Win2K, SP2 (US release)
$25 Keytronic keyboard (effectively a generic kb)
Unable to reproduce the behaviour unless:
Numlock enabled, arrow keys on numeric keypad used with either ALT key
Posted by: thei on Dec. 14 2002,03:15
Hello,
Sorry for the delay.
I tested using generic keyboard and cannot reproduce problem. It seems my fancy Microsoft Natural Pro keyboard causes it somehow, so probably not much you can do about it
Posted by: Magnus Brading on Dec. 14 2002,15:22
Ok, thanks for the info!
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