ALT-R does not work for all Windows 7 when Chrome running with toolbox enabled

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nothing special when Chrome is open the keyboard shortcut ALT-R does not work 
anymore in all other applications, the combination is almost always used to 
"replace" in search&replace dialogs.

Windows 7 x64

Original issue reported on code.google.com by mikedepe...@gmail.com on 13 Feb 2012 at 5:51

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Same here, Windows 7 x64, Google Chrome 17.0.963.56

Original comment by dlosha...@gmail.com on 28 Feb 2012 at 10:06

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Same here - WinXP Pro 32bit & Win7Home Premium 32 bit Chrome 17.0.963.69

Original comment by bmadti...@gmail.com on 16 Mar 2012 at 7:23

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Okay - just found the problem...
It's the Shortcut keys in the Chrome Toolbox Options
Select Boss Key from the combo box
Alt+H is the default Hide current window shortcut combo
Alt+R is the default Restore previous hidden window combo

Obviously these will work across all apps so that you can hide/restore any 
window at any time!

Hover over the shortcut definitions and you see the button to redefine them. I 
change d mine to Ctrl+Alt+Shift instead of Alt on it's own as I've never used 
this feature.

So can the developer please change the default settings of these shortcuts or 
allow us to enable/disable them completely...

Thanks
bmadtiger

Original comment by bmadti...@gmail.com on 16 Mar 2012 at 7:29

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Thank you, I'm happy I can activate the Toolbox again.

Original comment by mikedepe...@gmail.com on 16 Mar 2012 at 7:37

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so happy to have found this thread, as i was baffled by the behaviour of my 
computer as regards alt+r. glad to have the solution. thank you!

Original comment by rebecca....@gmail.com on 19 Jun 2012 at 6:17

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thank you Rebecca for coming here and tell us you fixed the problem =)

Original comment by mikedepe...@gmail.com on 19 Jun 2012 at 7:11

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I've been living with this problem for several months, and never realized it 
was Chrome doing that! I'm using AutoHotKey so always assumed it's somehow it's 
fault, but when I finally got to doing some testing I found it's chrome!
Thanks a lot for this thread, guys!

Original comment by gene.pav...@gmail.com on 20 Jun 2013 at 10:26

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very well Gene, I know the feeling

Original comment by mikedepe...@gmail.com on 20 Jun 2013 at 11:00

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I just experienced the problem for the first time, and the circumstances were a 
bit different.  It is odd that I never experienced it before, since I use 
Emacs; and, in Emacs, Alt-R is an important key for me.  It is probably because 
I never leave a Chrome window open when I am not using it.  (I keep Firefox 
open all the time, but Chrome is often a better choice for some sites.)  
Anyway, the Alt-R problem bit me when Chrome was NOT RUNNING!  I have had other 
keyboard foulups (apparently stuck combination of Windows, Ctrl, and/or Alt 
keys) that made my keyboard useless but which I could typically clear by 
bringing up the On-Screen Keyboard, which I could accomplish with the mouse 
alone.  That is clearly a problem with Windows 7, and I made the mistake of 
assuming that my ALt-R problem was of a similar source.  The last (and always 
successful) resort for those problems has been to log off and log back on.  
That worked for Alt-R also.  Yes, I am sure Chrome was not running.  A search 
brought me here, and this is illuminating.  I did not even know about a Boss 
Key and I had trouble even finding it.  (I got the Toolbox for the mouse 
gestures, so I can use the same gestures in both Firefox and Chrome.)  Anyway, 
I went ahead and changed the shortcuts to very obscure key combos.  Hopefully, 
I won't see this problem again.

Original comment by David.Va...@gmail.com on 22 Jun 2013 at 9:07