Weird problem with SendInput and Windows 11 Notepad

[robnicholson]

Very simple macro:

^+a:: Send "Hello, World{enter}"

Use this in the native Notepad app on Windows 11 and it types "He". As you let go of Ctrl-Shift-A, two more characters are typed. Tap the shift key and each character is revealed.

Use SendInput and it manages to get "Hell" out but then the same effect.

What's going on?

[boiler]

Does the Notepad app in Windows 11 have some type of auto-fill text option? Any other similar options that are different from the Win 10 version that you can identify?

[mixer]

Try this

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^+a:: {
    KeyWait "Control"
    KeyWait "Shift"
    Send "Hello, World{enter}"
}

But the text will be displayed only after releasing the buttons Ctrl & Shift

[mixer]

In Windows 11 notepad redesigned

[robnicholson]

In Windows 11 notepad redesigned

It must be something to do with this re-design as I've just tried the same v2 script on Windows 10 notepad.exe and no problems.

Now it's not a big deal as I personally use Notepad++ and most of my macros are actually destined for use elsewhere, e.g. typing email addresses and other text into emails and web pages.

But it's clearly a bit of an issue.

[fhammer]

I'm having the exact same problem. Using KeyWait didn't solve the problem. However:

A_Clipboard := "Hello, World{enter}"
Send "^v:

did work for me.

[mikeyww]

Problem also verified here. Very strange behavior. I changed hotkey to F3 with no improvement. Using SendEvent with default key delay does resolve the issue, but it's still rather bizarre and unexplained. Warrants investigation.

Stranger yet: moving the mouse causes the remainder of the missing text to be sent or to appear. Could it be a redraw problem?

This probably sounds immediately familiar to someone who knows exactly what the problem is. Although this seems unlikely to be an AutoHotkey bug per se, it might be something that needs adjustment.

viewtopic.php?f=14&t=118816

[flyingDman]

I had noticed something similar. When moving the mouse additional text appears. I blamed it on a local issue but now see others experience the same. This seems to have appeared in the past week or so.

[mikeyww]

Explanation by lexikos: viewtopic.php?p=527377#p527377