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Powertoys Peek default activation keys are ctrl+space, also the same as selecting multiple files, maybe space should not be the shortcut unless you want to disable those who wish to use their keyboard to select files and not risk and accidental drag and then windows creates copies of all the files if your using the mouse. #35182

Open MatthewCarven opened 1 month ago

MatthewCarven commented 1 month ago

Description of the new feature / enhancement

Powertoys Peek default activation keys are ctrl+space, also the same as selecting multiple files, maybe space should not be the shortcut unless you want to disable those who wish to use their keyboard to select files and not risk and accidental drag and then windows creates copies of all the files if your using the mouse.

Scenario when this would be used?

Selecting files is a common function and should take precedence over previewing already selected files (which you cant do if the shortcut is ctrl space) maybe ctrl+tilde or if your more adventurous ctrl+shift+alt

Supporting information

Fernthedev commented on Jun 2, 2023 • Description of the new feature / enhancement Currently the default is a convenient CTRL + SPACE which isn't bad in theory. However, since the current implementation of the key listener blocks the key event even if it's not a supported scenario, the active window doesn't receive it.

This is a major problem to those who use the auto complete trigger CTRL + SPACE in VS Code, and likely other IDEs as well. There's also no visual indicator of peek blocking this input event whatsoever (I had to look through task manager to see what was using CPU on trigger)

There's also an OS shortcut for changing keyboard language using CTRL + Space

Scenario when this would be used? VS Code auto complete and any other software or OS keybind which uses CTRL + SPACE

Supporting information Some ideas I came up with for the shortcut. If anyone else feels like suggesting one, feel free to provide. Disclaimer: I made no attempts to see if they conflict with other keybinds in the OS or common apps.

CTRL + ALT + SPACE CTRL + ALT + W CTRL + N

https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues/26591

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