[TC 8.0b5 x64] Quick search canceled by ALT+S

[fleggy]

Hello,

if Quick Search is invoken by ALT+LETTER and ALT is pressed during typing then S following after any first letter cancels the Quick Search.
For examle: ALT+HIS

Thank you
Tomas

[ghisler(Author)]

This happens because Alt+S also invokes the "Start" menu. Unfortunately I couldn't find a way to prevent that with Lazarus, so what you need to to is press Alt+H, release the Alt, and then press I and S. There is currently no other way, sorry.

[fleggy]

ALT+S is somehow special? Because other menu hotkeys (ALT+O, ALT+N, ...) don't interrupt Quick Search. I'm just curious...

[ghisler(Author)]

Hmm, that's indeed very odd. Anyway, I will try to hack the lazarus code to avoid this. In Delphi, this could be handled via AppMessage, but that doesn't exist in Lazarus...

[fleggy]

It seems that second ALT+S closes Quick Search according to the Beta6 changelog:

21.10.11 Fixed: Quick search with Alt+Letters would close when using Alt also when the quick search dialog is already open (64)

If it is the cause then I think that Quick Search should distinguish between continuosly pressed ALT and pressed ALT for the second time.

[ghisler(Author)]

Did you try it with beta 6 now? Both the first Alt+S and any subsequent Alt+S should no longer close the dialog now.

[fleggy]

Yes, I did. It's still the same. If the first letter is S then it's OK - Quick Search appears. Any other S (while keeping ALT) cancels QS even in the beta6.

[petermad]

any subsequent Alt+S should no longer close the dialog now

Sorry, I cannot confirm this for TC 8.0b6 x64 This is for both continously held Alt-key and when releasing the Alt-key and repressing it between each letter.

[ghisler(Author)]

Sorry, I just found out that I commented out that fix in the public beta release (I did this to test something else...). I will re-add the code in beta 7.

[petermad]

Confirmed fixed in TC 8.0b7 x 64

[ghisler(Author)]

Thanks!