Control-Alt-C consumed by GExperts

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#114 Control-Alt-C consumed by GExperts

Milestone: Closed

Status: closed-fixed

Owner: Thomas Mueller

Labels: None

Priority: 5

Updated: 2019-03-30

Created: 2019-03-13

Creator: Tim Frost

Private: No

It appears that Control-Alt-C is consumed by GExperts, despite not being configured as the key combination for an active tool. Reported at https://en.delphipraxis.net/topic/451-new-features-in-gexperts/?do=findComment&comment=6555

This prevents the use of this combination to open the CPU debug window.

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Thomas Mueller - 2019-03-17

assigned_to: Thomas Mueller

Group: New --> Need_More_Info
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Thomas Mueller - 2019-03-17

I cannot reproduce this in Delphi 2007. Which Delphi version are you using?
And what does the GExperts -> Keyboard Shortcuts expert show for Alt+Ctrl+C on your installation?

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Thomas Mueller - 2019-03-17

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Thomas Mueller - 2019-03-17

Neither can I reproduce it in Delphi 10.3.1.

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Tim Frost - 2019-03-17

Many apologies, I believed the original report without testing it myself, so wasted your time. My only excuse was that it seemed to fit the facts, since I have used GExperts for so long, and also been annoyed by the inability to select the CPU window while debugging, but not so annoyed that I had made time to track it down! It turns out that the culprit is MMX Code Explorer, and it is not a bug there, because it shows up in their keyboard shortcut list and is easy to redefine.

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Maël Hörz - 2019-03-18

I don't have MMX Code Explorer, and I explicitly tested it by disabling GExperts, then reenabling it again, as in my initial bug report:

In the latest release (but also in older releases), some action seems to take over the shortcut Ctrl+Alt+C which is usually reserved for showing the CPU window in debug mode.
I only found the editor expert "Copy Raw String" with this shortcut, and disabled it, but the shortcut is still "caught" by some GExperts code. If I disable GExperts, everything is fine again.

My Delphi version is DXE3: 17.0.4770.56661

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Maël Hörz - 2019-03-18

And what does the GExperts -> Keyboard Shortcuts expert show for Alt+Ctrl+C on your installation?

shortcuts.png

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Maël Hörz - 2019-03-18

I made another test: if I explicitly assign Alt+ü (which I know is used by nothing else) to "Copy Raw Strings", then the bug goes away. So disabling it (unticking the checkbox in " GExperts -> Configuration -> Editor Experts") seems to have no effect, and is likely the cause for the bug.

Ideally, though, the shortcut would not conflict with predefined IDE ones. Thanks for pointing out the excellent tool " GExperts -> Keyboard Shortcuts".

Last edit: Maël Hörz 2019-03-18

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Thomas Mueller - 2019-03-18

OK, so it seems that keyboard shortcuts are still active even though the expert is disabled. Great, that should be possible to fix.

Last edit: Thomas Mueller 2019-03-18

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Thomas Mueller - 2019-03-30

status: open --> closed-fixed

Group: Need_More_Info --> Closed
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Thomas Mueller - 2019-03-30

fixed in revision #2600

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