Swedish keyboard layout is identified as German and this breaks Cmd+Z to undo

[alexdima]

(extracted from https://github.com/github/feedback/discussions/7683#discussioncomment-1787145)

• on macOS switch keyboard layout to Swedish
• open vscode.dev in Chrome
• start typing (the guessed keyboard layout will become German in the status bar)
• try to use cmd+z
• observe how the automatic guessing of keyboard layout interferes with cmd+z.
• I speculate this is caused because on the German keyboard layout Z and Y are swapped, which changes our default keyboard shortcut for undo to be bound to cmd+[KeyY]. (notice the ⌘Y / meta+[KeyZ] confusion printed below):

[2021-12-10 12:11:50.275] [window] [info] [KeybindingService]: / Received  keydown event - modifiers: [meta], code: MetaLeft, keyCode: 91, key: Meta
[2021-12-10 12:11:50.300] [window] [info] [KeybindingService]: | Converted keydown event - modifiers: [meta], code: MetaLeft, keyCode: 57 ('Meta')
[2021-12-10 12:11:50.324] [window] [info] [KeybindingService]: \ Keyboard event cannot be dispatched in keydown phase.
[2021-12-10 12:11:50.667] [window] [info] [KeybindingService]: / Received  keydown event - modifiers: [meta], code: KeyZ, keyCode: 90, key: z
[2021-12-10 12:11:50.690] [window] [info] [KeybindingService]: | Converted keydown event - modifiers: [meta], code: KeyZ, keyCode: 56 ('Z')
[2021-12-10 12:11:50.712] [window] [info] [KeybindingService]: | Resolving meta+[KeyZ]
[2021-12-10 12:11:50.735] [window] [info] [KeybindingService]: \ No keybinding entries.
[2021-12-10 12:11:50.758] [window] [trace] KeybindingService#dispatch ⌘Y undefined
[2021-12-10 12:11:51.164] [window] [info] [KeybindingService]: + Storing single modifier for possible chord meta.
[2021-12-10 12:11:51.465] [window] [info] [KeybindingService]: + Clearing single modifier due to 300ms elapsed.

[gmoraleslondono]

Is there a workaround for this? I can't undo/redo in Codespaces. I use a Swedish keyboard. Chrome 119 on macOS 14

[dannyskoog]

Is there a workaround for this? I can't undo/redo in Codespaces.

I use a Swedish keyboard. Chrome 119 on macOS 14

@gmoraleslondono Try this https://github.com/community/community/discussions/7683#discussioncomment-1787145

[gmoraleslondono]

Thank you, It fixed the undo/redo. Unfortunately, nothing else works with the US layout since I am using a Swedish keyboard, for example toggling comment line doesn't work because the keys are in different position lol

In my opinion, this workaround doesn't solve the issue

[dannyskoog]

@gmoraleslondono That sounds suboptimal, I agree 😅 I haven't used the web-based editor that much since this errand was created, so I'm not in any good position to give additional advice unfortunately.

[gmoraleslondono]

Where could one start to properly fix it for the Swedish keyboard layout?

[dannyskoog]

@gmoraleslondono Your best shot is to get some attention from the Microsoft engineers ofc. And since this ticket haven't received that much priority, you might as well create a fresh bug report. That's my recommendation.

[gmoraleslondono]

@dannyskoog Thank you :)