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Peek default shortcut ctrl + space collides/blocks autocomplete in certain IDEs
Microsoft PowerToys version
0.70.0
Installation method
PowerToys auto-update
Running as admin
No
Area(s) with issue?
Peek
Steps to reproduce
- Install Powertoys 0.70.0
- Open IDE like Eclipse
- Try using default code autocomplete keyboard shortcut in Windows for Eclipse, ctrl+space
✔️ Expected Behavior
Autocomplete works in Eclipse, Peek does not try to hijack keyboard shortcut when another application open than File Explorer
❌ Actual Behavior
Autocomplete is not working anymore in Eclipse, blocked by Peek due to its default shortcut being the same ctrl+space.
No indication on why it won't work or what is hijacking the shortcut. Why is Peek interfering with applications other than File Explorer ?
Other Software
Eclipse distribution is MicroEJ® SDK Dist. 21.03
Same problem here! Ctrl+Space did not activate IntelliSense anymore for me in Visual Studio.
Shortly after that I realised that it could be PowerToys, since I already noticed that the latest update has enabled this hotkey for this new feature without my permission.
Would be really amazing if PowerToys warns the user if it adds new hotkeys with a new update!
However this is a bug and the feature is probably intended to work in Explorer only
Same issue here with VSCode auto-complete; I thought for a moment that VSCode was broken
It seems that this is a duplicate of https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues/26150 thus closing as a duplicate.