I'm running 4.3pr318. With JEdit NOT running, I enter <Alt><Ctrl>J and JEdit starts.
This is very bad. You are reading keyboard input when not even
running. If I'm running a different program that uses that shortcut (like Eclipse)
and it has the focus, it doesn't get the keystroke. I think it is entirely
unacceptable consume keyboard or mouse events when the program isn't running. I consider
this a very severe bug since it effectively breaks other programs.
Is there a way to turn this behavior off? I looked around but I couldn't find any.
| Submitted | sburoff - 2009-11-19 - 15:19:04z | Assigned | nobody |
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| Priority | 7 | Category | None |
| Status | Open | Group | None |
| Resolution | None | Visibility | No |
| 2009-11-19 - 15:20:10z sburoff |
I consider this a higher priority because it effects other programs. |
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| 2009-11-19 - 16:08:07z shlomy |
Please specify OS and java version. An application cannot consume keystrokes while not running. You might have a keyboard shortcut that launches jEdit. If the jEdit installer installs such an OS keyboard shortcut by default, this may need fixing (or at least make it optional). But in no means can a program consume keystrokes when not running. |
| 2009-11-19 - 16:10:16z sburoff |
Well, if I uninstall JEdit the problem disappears. If I reinstall it, the problem reappears. I would say it must be a problem with the jedti installer. |
| 2009-11-19 - 16:12:25z sburoff |
Well, if I uninstall JEdit the problem disappears. If I reinstall it the problem reappears. I think the JEdit installer must be the problem. BTW, I should have said that this is on 64 bit Vista. |
| 2009-11-19 - 16:13:30z sburoff |
Also, my java is 1.6.0_17-b04. |
| 2009-11-19 - 16:15:11z k_satoda |
This happens because the shortcut in the start menu, which is created by the Windows installer, has the short cut key set as [Ctrl + Alt + J]. You can manually clear or change this assignment by the property dialog of the short cut. I agree this is bad. I think the installer should not assign the short cut key, or should show a checkbox to indicate the existence of this short cut key and to make it easily configurable. |
| 2009-11-19 - 16:23:32z sburoff |
Thanks very much. I didn't know a shortcut could be installed that way. I have successfully cleared it. I'm glad to see that you agree that this shouldn't be a silent default. Making it an install option would be great. |