Quick Search: Alt Gr+| results in "<|"

Samuel · Post by *Samuel » 2010-04-11, 17:29 UTC

jo2h2 wrote:Every time I enter a | - which is done pressing Alt Gr < on my German keyboard I get <| in the quick search field instead of | - this is not a too big problem, but a bit annoying.

What can I do to get simply a | without that < before ?

In every other input field pressing Alt Gr < produces a | - as expected there.

Samuel wrote:There is nothing I can do, because this box is completely created and handled by TC.

2Christian:
I can confirm that when I press AltGr+| in Quicksearch-Window it results in "<|" if I use Ctrl+Alt+Letters to activate Quicksearch. (Win 7)

2Christian:
Could you comment this?

Post by *ghisler(Author) » 2010-04-12, 20:24 UTC

I cannot enter it because these characters aren't allowed in file names...

Samuel · Post by *Samuel » 2010-04-12, 20:27 UTC

I didn't thought of this.
Its possible with QuickSearch eXtended.

Post by *ghisler(Author) » 2010-04-12, 20:37 UTC

Thanks, I didn't think about that. I have installed it now, as well as the German keyboard layout. When I press AltGr+<, I get a vertical line here, both in the command line and in Quick Search Extended. I don't get both < and |.

Maybe I'm doing something wrong? Or it's Win7-specific? Still using XP here...

Samuel · Post by *Samuel » 2010-04-12, 20:40 UTC

Try this:

...if I use Ctrl+Alt+Letters to activate Quicksearch.

Post by *ghisler(Author) » 2010-04-14, 16:00 UTC

I see - the problem is that when you use AltGr for searching, the result of the < key is ambiguous. Should it be just "<" or "|" because AltGr is pressed too?

Samuel · Post by *Samuel » 2010-04-14, 17:33 UTC

I think only "|" should be used.
If someone wants to write "<", he can still write "[AltGr_down]a[AltGr_up][Backspace]<"

If you would use only "<" it would be impossible to write "|".

Samuel · Post by *Samuel » 2010-04-22, 20:05 UTC

For a short moment both chars are shown now, but then one is removed.

If you know about this and have problems to change this I consider this solved. (I do not even use it and the thread starter did never respond.)

Post by *ghisler(Author) » 2010-04-22, 20:22 UTC

Yes, TC receives them in two different messages - unfortunately the unwanted one first. Thereofore the unwanted one is replaced with the preferred one when (and only when) there is a second message. For example, AltGr+E first sends notification about keydown for "E", then keypress for "€". AltGr+D only sends keydown for "D", no keypress message.

Samuel · Post by *Samuel » 2010-04-22, 20:24 UTC

Ok. I consider it fixed then.