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Issue with hotkeys when used in macro development

Open hoshoman opened this issue 5 years ago • 7 comments

When I try to save a .py script (in macro development) using the hotkey cmnd+s in mac, the script doesn't save and kalyout assumes I am trying to save a layout. It gives me an error, see attached. Screen Shot 2020-07-26 at 14 55 54

hoshoman avatar Jul 26 '20 21:07 hoshoman

I also have this problem. The same problem extends to other keys:

  • delete - rather than deleting characters, it deletes layout objects
  • copy: doesn't grab text within the IDE
  • paste: most of the time copies text that was grabbed earlier

lukasc-ubc avatar Jul 26 '20 22:07 lukasc-ubc

Hi,

I have tried to reproduce this issue with the version 0.26.7 for Catalina that shares the MacPorts (Qt=5.14.2) environment. My observations and ideas are as follows.

In Mac, [control] key is mapped to [command] key. Therefore, [command+S] is bound to the "Show As New Top" menu, which is the default. Please note that I've not customized the shortcut keys.

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I guess you have mapped [Ctrl+S] to one of the "Save ..." menus. If so, the error should flag on if no design is open.

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On the other hand, in the "Macro Development," we expect that the current file is saved by [command+S]. However, [command+S] triggers the "Show As New Top" menu instead. This looks a Qt's event handling issue, but I'm not sure.

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In Linux, these two [Ctrl+S] keystrokes are cleanly segregated in two different contexts. Hence, this problem does not take place.

A workaround could be to set a shortcut for the "Save ..." menu that differs from [Ctrl+S] or to remove the shortcut [Ctrl+S] itself. Then, [command+S] works as expected in the "Macro Development."

Since the shortcut [Ctrl+S] is hardcoded in the Designer's UI file for the "Macro Development," we cannot change it after the build.

I could not reproduce the problems mentioned by Lukas.

Regards, Kazzz-S

Kazzz-S avatar Jul 27 '20 11:07 Kazzz-S

@kazzz Thanks for the analysis.

I pretty much rely on Qt when it comes to key mapping. I see there are many specialities on MacOS. I did not quite understand how they map Control and Command key - I am running MacOS on a VirtualBox and that seems to map the keys the reverse way to a Windows keyboard. Doesn't make things transparent.

Matthias

klayoutmatthias avatar Jul 28 '20 20:07 klayoutmatthias

Sorry, did not want to close the issue - reopened it.

klayoutmatthias avatar Jul 28 '20 20:07 klayoutmatthias

@hoshoman Could you check if this issue is fixed? There was some update on the MacOS menu handling.

klayoutmatthias avatar Dec 20 '20 22:12 klayoutmatthias

Thanks Matthias for fixing this, updating my MacOS and Klayout now and then will test it.

hoshoman avatar Dec 23 '20 15:12 hoshoman

Hi Matthias,

The issue yet persists. Here's what happens when I try to save the script, it thinks I am trying to save the layout instead.

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hoshoman avatar Feb 06 '21 15:02 hoshoman