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Not all keys can be pressed together

Open eclab opened this issue 4 years ago • 5 comments

It's great to see MidiKeys revived. I'm highly reliant on it in testing my own open source software. I'll post known bugs in 1.8 which are still present in 1.9, and maybe some new ones.

First up: if you hold q and t down (and no doubt other combos), you cannot press [ or -

High Sierra, Mid 2015 Macbook Pro.

eclab avatar Apr 03 '20 03:04 eclab

Thanks for adding all the bug reports!

Some of the key combos that don't work might be due to hardware limitations. Have you tried with a USB keyboard?

flit avatar Apr 05 '20 15:04 flit

I have not tried with an external keyboard and due to the Covid lockdown I won't be able to any time soon. It is possible that it's some kind of multiplexing thing: but on a modern Macbook laptop this would seem... surprising?

On Apr 5, 2020, at 11:38 AM, Chris Reed [email protected] wrote:

Thanks for adding all the bug reports!

Some of the key combos that don't work might be due to hardware limitations. Have you tried with a USB keyboard?

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eclab avatar Apr 05 '20 16:04 eclab

It certainly used to be an issue with some keyboards. Just worth double checking whenever you get a chance. Of course, I'll try to reproduce it, as well.

flit avatar Apr 05 '20 16:04 flit

Testing on the MacOS Keyboard Viewer suggests that it is indeed a multiplexing issue, likely hardware. Other keys which won't work with q+t include 1, a, z, 5, g, and b. Basically anything on the q and t column. I think you can close this one out.

On Apr 5, 2020, at 12:46 PM, Chris Reed [email protected] wrote:

It certainly used to be an issue with some keyboards. Just worth double checking whenever you get a chance. Of course, I'll try to reproduce it, as well.

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eclab avatar Apr 05 '20 19:04 eclab

Good idea using the keyboard viewer, thanks for testing more. I think I'll keep the issue open and pin it so other users see it.

flit avatar Apr 05 '20 19:04 flit