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In the following script only every other hotkey actually works. On my US keyboard the not working keys are in a line: 2WSX. All others seem to be OK. The key history doesn’t even show these keys pressed when the CapsLock and LeftShift are kept down. CapsLock and RightShift are working OK.

First of all, it should be noted that modifiers such as "+" aren't supported in conjunction with custom "&" hotkeys.

Other than that, those hotkeys seem to work okay on my system, so perhaps this is a keyboard layout issue, or maybe there is a conflict with some other app or script that is running concurrently.

Chris wrote:Supported or not, they work. I had the problem in a more complex script, when Input was used to get the next keystroke while the CapsLock and Left-Shift keys were held down. (According to the key history 2 was ignored, 3 worked, ...) I just provided the simplest script, which demonstrates the problem. Another simple script:While the CapsLock and Left-Shift keys are held down, try pressing keys. With some keyboards the keys 2, W, S, X never show up in the traytip.

I could test the same script on 3 PC's. Two DELL machines (a laptop and a desktop) showed the issue exactly the same. One has special keyboard layout driver, the other one is using the standard US keyboard, no other script is running, only standard SW installed. The third PC is a home brewed one, with all kind of cheap stuff. This one has no problem with the dead keys.

Anyone! could you test the simple script above? I suspect some HW design issue. Some physical keyboard might, others might not work. It is important to know, because it could save a lot of time for Chris, if ever he wants to support those &+ hotkeys in the future, when there are HW reasons preventing it.

Update: I connected a Logitech keyboard and a Microsoft keyboard to the DELL machines: they both work OK, unlike the built in or external DELL keyboards. It proves that the DELL keyboards cause the trouble. It is still interesting to see, if there are others, and how many, which don’t allow CapsLock, Left-Shift and the key 2 pressed together.