HASS.Agent Bug: Hotkey config blocks Alt key combinations

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When you configure a Hotkey and use a Ctrl + Alt + key combination HASS.Agent also blocks system wide all combinations for Alt + key.

This is very problematic, especially for German users as you need to press Alt + Q to get the @ symbol, but HASS.Agent preconfigures the combination Ctrl + Alt + Q for the hotkey. So if you let the configuration as is during installation, your @ symbol doesn't work anymore and you don't know why. I had my laptop at company IT, who couldn't figure it out and it also took me quite a while to figure this one out.

Suggestion: Of course it would be best to fix the underlying issue. But if this is not possible it might be good to change the standard hotkey to something that doesn't interfere with the most common keyboard layouts (on German keyborads you need Q for @ and E for €).

Issue tested on a Windows 10 machine. Reproduceable with other key combinations. German keyboard layout.

Nov 30 '22 11:11 fprokop

Same issue on Windows 11, I also spent hours trying to find out why Ctrl+Alt+Q for @ was no longer working, but others (Ctrl+Alt+E for € for example) where still working.

Removed HyperV/WSL2, changed Keyboards, etc. nothing helped. Then I updated to Win 11 22H2 and for a short time, it was working again, just to break 5min later. Which brought me on the right track, that maybe something that autostarts may cause this.

Dec 13 '22 06:12 derTim

Sorry for the late reply - been really busy - I'll look into it, to see if the defeault behaviour can be fixed. Otherwise remove the default. Thanks for letting me know

Dec 16 '22 08:12 LAB02-Admin

Same issue here on Windows 11 22H2. My @ key is not working. Also tried another keyboard with the same issue. After killing running programs i found out that in my case also when HASS.Agent is running, the key is not working.

Is there a work around?

Thanks