Toggle Tab Key Moves Focus Stuck

[nonsciencemark]

Type: Bug

On two different computers I have accidentally seemingly pressed the shortcut for "Toggle Tab Key Moves Focus" and it is impossible to turn off. If I press the shortcut again, I can see that it "turns off" because the accessibility window in the bottom right where it says "Tab Moves Focus" disappears but the effects remain, and any time I press tab in editor it switches to a different window instead of inserting a tab.

VS Code version: Code 1.80.0 (660393deaaa6d1996740ff4880f1bad43768c814, 2023-07-04T15:06:02.407Z) OS version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.19045 Modes:

System Info

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gpu_compositing: enabled
multiple_raster_threads: enabled_on
opengl: enabled_on
rasterization: enabled
raw_draw: disabled_off_ok
video_decode: enabled
video_encode: enabled
vulkan: disabled_off
webgl: enabled
webgl2: enabled
webgpu: enabled| |Load (avg)|undefined| |Memory (System)|31.91GB (23.47GB free)| |Process Argv|--crash-reporter-id 1e4235de-a239-4eb2-839e-73fc669626a5| |Screen Reader|no| |VM|0%|

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[meganrogge]

Restarting VS Code doesn't help? have you tried disabling all extensions?

[nonsciencemark]

I tried restarting but it didn't fix anything. I disabled all the extensions that I was actively using at the time (some may have remained enabled in the background, I'm not sure).

On the second computer that this problem appeared on, I happened to have a markdown tab open and pressing tab seemed to still work within a Markdown script. So repeatedly pressing tab would cycle through open windows until it found one that was in Markdown, then stayed there and made tabs like expected. Markdown All in One plugin doesn't seem to have any settings related to the tab key, though.

I uninstalled VSCode and switched to the VSCode Insiders and have deactivated the keyboard shortcut. The problems have not resurfaced so far but I have a lot on my plate at the moment so I'm not willing to spend time deliberately breaking my VSCode to recreate the issue, sorry.

Will update with more info if I accidentally do it again !

[ics90]

I've had the same problem! It occurred after upgrade vscode to 1.80.0 (Universal) on my macOS 13.4 Meanwhile, the store and debug button on left bar always shows the clock icon connecting to server

[meganrogge]

and you are encountering this with all extensions disabled? if so, can you run the toggle keyboard shortcuts troubleshooting command, use the keyboard shortcut to toggle tab key moves focus, and share the output?

[nonsciencemark]

I once again pressed the hotkey accidentally but because I'm now using VSCode Insider, the problem isn't persisting, so I guess this means that in future releases this won't be an issue?