AltGr key behaviour undefined?

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Go to desktop1, with windowA with focus
2. Type AltGr+2. WindowA moves to desktop2

AltGr should not be the same as Alt, it must be used (in some locales at least) 
to enter special characters. For example in spanish AltGr+1 is |

And another similar issue with AltGr:
1. Go to desktop1, with windowA with focus
2. Type AltGr+1. WindowA disappears from all desktops!! The process can still 
be seen in task manager but window is missing. 

I'm in win7 32b with latest mdesktop (btw, you should add version info on About 
screen)

Original issue reported on code.google.com by jmugur...@gmail.com on 12 Nov 2010 at 6:56

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This is really irritating, several times a day I get a windows disappeared and 
I have to resort to killing the process and running it again. 

But I am surprised nobody else has opened a similar issue, maybe it's something 
in the spanish keyboard layout?

I have seen this in both vista 32b and win7 32b

Original comment by jmugur...@gmail.com on 15 Nov 2010 at 12:36

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oh, so it's not in all keyboards I 
guess...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AltGr_key

Original comment by jmugur...@gmail.com on 15 Nov 2010 at 10:44

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Ok, makes sense, and then I think this need two fixes:

1. hotkeys work with only the left alt key
2. If you Ctrl-Alt-1 and you are in desktop1 already, window with current focus 
disappears. Unles this intended?? If so, how to make it visible agian?

Original comment by jmugur...@gmail.com on 16 Nov 2010 at 12:09

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The hiding of a window when already in the desktop is definitely a bug.  As for 
the Left Alt.  With the upcoming changes that have been made you can use 
Ctrl+Shift instead of Ctrl+Alt and that should solve your problem.

Original comment by IamTheFij on 16 Nov 2010 at 5:59

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I haven't been working on it yet, no.  Actually, my only windows computer 
crapped out on me.  Windows 7 Black Screen when I boot.  So I gotta fix that.

Original comment by IamTheFij on 19 Nov 2010 at 8:13

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IMHO if only leftAlt can be implemented, this is the way to go. Then if you can 
use Ctrl+Shift instead of Ctrl+Alt that is another option, not just for 
overcoming this issue.

Original comment by jmugur...@gmail.com on 20 Nov 2010 at 9:51

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It would be nice, if you could add an option to disable the Alt+1, Alt+2, Alt+3 
and Alt+4 hotkeys. When i have mdesktop running I can't write @, £ and $. 

Original comment by asge...@gmail.com on 26 Nov 2010 at 9:48

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Well, you could just use the next- and previous hotkeys that you can define 
yourself. Perhaps you could add an option to select different hotkeys for what 
currently is Alt+1, Alt+2, Alt+3 and Alt+4. 

Original comment by asge...@gmail.com on 29 Nov 2010 at 9:52

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@asger3p, that's already a feature.  The numbers are hard coded but you get to 
chose a modifier in the latest version we have in the source code.

Original comment by IamTheFij on 29 Nov 2010 at 4:17

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I've just tried out mdesktop - I thought it was close to being the perfect 
desktop switcher for Windows, until I noticed this issue.  I use a Norwegian 
keyboard, so AltGr+num are essential keys.

There are also other possible conflicts with Alt+num keys - applications could 
well use them as hotkeys in the application.  My personal preference, which I 
use on Linux, is Win+num keys to change desktops, and Win+Shift+num keys to 
move a window to a different desktop.

Original comment by david.br...@gmail.com on 11 Feb 2011 at 8:38

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Download the source code from subversion, and also download AutoHotkeys. Run 
mDesktop.ahk using AutoHotkeys and you get a newer version of mDesktop where 
you can configure keyboard shortcuts better.

Original comment by mattias....@gmail.com on 11 Feb 2011 at 11:57

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mabye that is the thing to do yes...development seems to have stagnated since 
nov.

Original comment by jmugur...@gmail.com on 11 Feb 2011 at 12:03

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If nobody else confirms first, I'll test this when I'm back home in 3 days or 
so, traveling now.
thanks

Original comment by jmugur...@gmail.com on 21 Feb 2011 at 10:17

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I tested this:

- the first issue still happens, that is, if I'm in desktop 1, and I AltGr+2, 
the top window still  moves to desktop 2
- second issue is fixed: if I'm in desktop 1, and I AltGr+1, window with focus 
does not disappear any more

So at least the worse of the issues (for me) its fixed at least.

Original comment by jmugur...@gmail.com on 23 Feb 2011 at 8:45

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Good, now both issues are solved! 

One minor thing not working is that  AltGr+2 does not send the corresponding 
key to the window (in spanish keyboard is @). But this is a smaller nuisance.

An another bad side-effect I just found: Win+R does not bring the Run window, 
nothing appears...I have verified mdesktop is causing this as when I close it 
Run Win+R works fine.

Anyway for now I'm using r26 :) thanks!

Original comment by jmugur...@gmail.com on 23 Feb 2011 at 10:14

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using r27 already. I'll report any issue I see, but I can say this is such an 
improvement for me at least...thanks again

Original comment by jmugur...@gmail.com on 23 Feb 2011 at 10:29

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in spanish keyboad, AltGr+2  is the way to write @ (according to comments by 
others, in some other keyboards is used to enter other keys, depends). If I 
have focus on notepad for example, and I enter AltGr+2 I would expect a @ 
written in notepad, but i get nothing at all. 

Original comment by jmugur...@gmail.com on 23 Feb 2011 at 10:32

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you nailed it, all works fine now regarding this issue :)

Original comment by jmugur...@gmail.com on 24 Feb 2011 at 8:33

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Unfortunately the "Send Desktop modifiers" configuration does not work in this 
version (r28), the only combination I can get to work is ctrl-alt. I have not 
tested all combinations though, but at least shift-ctrl and shift-alt do not 
work. In r24 this works better (i.e. I can get shift-ctrl to work, which is 
what I want).

Original comment by mattias....@gmail.com on 25 Feb 2011 at 7:34

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Hi, sorry for my response time. I have tested R28 and have observed the 
following (without thorougly investigation every combination):
1. The AltGr-<n> issue has been solved making '@', '£', and '$' is again 
available. Great!
2. Mapping "Send Desktop modifiers for numeric keys" to Shift-Ctrl does *not* 
work
3. After mapping back to Ctrl-Alt I receive the attached error message mDesktop 
does not work anymore.

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But since the AltGr-issue is solved the issues I mentioned in commment 39 are 
no show-stoppers for me so I'm OK with R28. Thanks again Jason!
/Per

Original comment by trashpr...@gmail.com on 2 Mar 2011 at 9:50

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Another observation which possibly is intentional is that the '@' character is 
still echoed to the active window when I use the Ctrl-Alt-2 to send the active 
window to desktop 2. I would have expected that mDesktop would have consumed 
that character and only sent the Window to desktop 2. This is easily reproduced 
(with eg a scandinavian keyboard) by sending eg Notepad to desktop 2.
/Per

Original comment by trashpr...@gmail.com on 2 Mar 2011 at 10:01

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Although I like mdesktop, I'm really sorry to say that at least on Estonian 
keyboard, where AltGr+2 should do '@', it still does not work. Using 1.6, 
downloaded few days ago. 

Original comment by jyri.tar...@oskando.ee on 18 Jul 2011 at 6:58

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I tested mDesktop1.6b2. Now I get this issue again:
"AltGr+2 does not send the corresponding key to the window (in spanish keyboard 
is @)."

So I revert to R28 that for me is the best working so far.

Original comment by jmugur...@gmail.com on 17 Oct 2011 at 10:12

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tested b3, all related to this issue (as far as I can see) is ok.

Original comment by jmugur...@gmail.com on 19 Oct 2011 at 7:42

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BTW, there is now a test.txt and a crash.dat in my dir.

Original comment by jmugur...@gmail.com on 19 Oct 2011 at 7:47