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plunket
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 Posted - Mar 15 2004 : 5:55:21 PM
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I used to frequently tap Alt then w then w to get the Windows dialog to open in VS.NET. Now, for some reason, 'w' always writes into the edit window (unless I'm debugging) so I cannot use that key shortcut. Tapping Alt followed by any other "menu access" key seems to work fine, it's just that the 'w' does the wrong thing.
Any ideas? This only started happening recently; I don't know if it was the most recent release or since moving to VAX in the first place.
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-tom! |
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Whole Tomato Software
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Posted - Mar 15 2004 : 6:47:13 PM
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We cannot reproduce the problem. Alt, w, w works as you expect when we try it.
Does timing make a difference? Alt and a single w should highlight the Window menu. Open the menu and make sure "Windows..." will open if you type another w. |
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plunket
New Member
USA
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Posted - Mar 15 2004 : 8:45:57 PM
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If I hold Alt while pressing W, the Window menu opens. If I press W again, a W ends up in the editor, and the Window menu stays open. This is in VS.NET 7.0 or whatever. It happens on all of the machines here that I've tried it on, so it's not just my screwy Dvorak keymap. :)
Any suggestions on how to diagnose this? I'm kind of a VS newbie, and VA makes up for many of the features that I miss from other editors that I've used. :) |
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Whole Tomato Software
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Posted - Mar 15 2004 : 10:24:06 PM
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W and W while holding Alt work fine for us.
When the Window menu is open, is the W in the "Windows..." entry of the menu underlined? |
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Uniwares
Tomato Guru
Portugal
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Posted - Mar 16 2004 : 12:01:37 AM
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| No problems here either. Neither in normal editing nor during debugging. |
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plunket
New Member
USA
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Posted - Mar 16 2004 : 1:06:33 PM
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Hmm. Yep, it happens on all of the machines here, and it is when Alt is not held down. I.e. TAP alt, TAP w, TAP w.
Can I disable VAX without uninstalling it, so that I can see if disabling it gives me my old behavior back? (Nothing popped out at me in the settings dialog.)
Anyway, yeah I see now that holding alt and hitting W twice does "the right thing", but this is not what I was getting at. It would be a sufficient workaround for the short term, though. |
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Uniwares
Tomato Guru
Portugal
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Posted - Mar 16 2004 : 1:23:15 PM
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| tried it both ways, works fine. although i have seen this kind of behaviour in other (MFC) applications occasionally. |
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LarryLeonard
Tomato Guru
USA
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Posted - Mar 16 2004 : 1:31:11 PM
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Can I disable VAX without uninstalling it, so that I can see if disabling it gives me my old behavior back.
The penultimate item on the Visual Assist menu.
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plunket
New Member
USA
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Posted - Mar 16 2004 : 2:09:14 PM
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Hmm, disabling VAX is not "sticky," e.g. it does not seem to survive restarting VS.NET. I guess I'll try uninstalling it one of these days to see if that has any effect...
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LarryLeonard
Tomato Guru
USA
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Posted - Mar 16 2004 : 2:17:54 PM
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Wait, don't uninstall yet!
Go to the "Tools, Add-in Manager" menu item, and un-check VAX. See if that helps...
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