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rxhanson
Cannot set shortcuts like ⌥L while Screen Sharing
- [x] This is a new bug that hasn't been documented in a closed issue or in the Readme.
macOS version: 15.1 Rectangle version: v3.0.37
There's already an issue about disabling Rectangle for the Screen Sharing app: https://github.com/rxhanson/Rectangle/issues/1316
However, I spent a long time being really stuck because it seems Rectangle Pro doesn't support recording certain shortcuts over screen sharing, even if it can receive them.
- This seems to include all shortcuts with the modifiers
⇧,⌥, or⌥⇧ - This doesn't seem to include any shortcuts that include either the control or command key.
Thanks for reporting. It's likely that the shortcut is being intercepted somewhere along the way, despite it bubbling through for the execution. Probably the only way to get by this is to have the shortcut recorder listen to keystrokes globally, rather than just the keystrokes that it receives. There are pros and cons to doing this, and I'm not 100% sold on it at the moment.
Thanks!
btw, I also realized that this is apparently not an issue with Screen Sharing, but a regression of the app in general even outside Screen Sharing? I am certain that it used to work, as I did a lot of debugging that involved setting shortcuts like ⌥L. But now I can't set these at all.
It's not a huge issue for me, as I already have my config and can hack the JSON if needed. But if it's a general regression it might be bisectable?
btw, I also realized that this is apparently not an issue with Screen Sharing, but a regression of the app in general even outside Screen Sharing? I am certain that it used to work, as I did a lot of debugging that involved setting shortcuts like ⌥L. But now I can't set these at all.
I've run into this again. If I try to set a shortcut like ⌥K or ⌥⇧K the OS I will hear an OS beep and no shortcut can be registered. 😣
Yeah, looks like a consistent issue for me. However, I'm able to work around this (both for built-in sizes and custom size & position) by modifying the exported JSON by hand.
I think you're experiencing this issue: https://github.com/rxhanson/Rectangle/issues/1592
I think you're experiencing this issue: #1592
Hmm, that sounds like a complementary issue.
I have no trouble using a shortcut that contains the option key. I'm just not able to use the UI to input the keyboard shortcut.
Ah, I think you're right. I'm guessing that the shortcut recorder's local event monitor simply isn't picking up your keystroke events over Screen Sharing. It seems like this would break other scenarios over Screen Sharing as well, since local event monitors are pretty commonly used. I have some work to do on the shortcut recorder and will take a look at that time, but it's a ways out before I will get to it.
Ah, I think you're right. I'm guessing that the shortcut recorder's local event monitor simply isn't picking up your keystroke events over Screen Sharing. It seems like this would break other scenarios over Screen Sharing as well, since local event monitors are pretty commonly used. I have some work to do on the shortcut recorder and will take a look at that time, but it's a ways out before I will get to it.
I meant to make clear that this is not an issue with screen sharing. This has been happening to me without screen sharing since November. Let me update the title.
Oh, my mistake, I missed that when reading back through this. Do you have the checkbox checked in the General tab to Allow any keyboard shortcut (remove safeguards)?
If you do have that checked, then we're back to the original assessment: that keyboard shortcuts are being intercepted before they make it to the shortcut recorder.
Do you have the checkbox checked in the General tab to
Allow any keyboard shortcut (remove safeguards)?
Aha! Apologies, I did not know about this setting. This does allow recording the relevant shortcuts for both built-in and custom sizes.
Sounds like it's a duplicate root cause, and I'm able to work around it for now. Thanks!