Right Alt key not work as usual anymore

[NhatKhai]

Windows Right Alt key use to navigate menu in windows now disabled as the key wasn't there! The left Alt still work fine.

Application: kicad
Version: (5.1.0)-1, release build
Libraries:
    wxWidgets 3.0.4
    libcurl/7.61.1 OpenSSL/1.1.1 (WinSSL) zlib/1.2.11 brotli/1.0.6 libidn2/2.0.5 libpsl/0.20.2 (+libidn2/2.0.5) nghttp2/1.34.0
Platform: Windows 7 (build 7601, Service Pack 1), 64-bit edition, 64 bit, Little endian, wxMSW
Build Info:
    wxWidgets: 3.0.4 (wchar_t,wx containers,compatible with 2.8)
    Boost: 1.68.0
    OpenCASCADE Community Edition: 6.9.1
    Curl: 7.61.1
    Compiler: GCC 8.2.0 with C++ ABI 1013

Build settings:
    USE_WX_GRAPHICS_CONTEXT=OFF
    USE_WX_OVERLAY=OFF
    KICAD_SCRIPTING=ON
    KICAD_SCRIPTING_MODULES=ON
    KICAD_SCRIPTING_PYTHON3=OFF
    KICAD_SCRIPTING_WXPYTHON=ON
    KICAD_SCRIPTING_WXPYTHON_PHOENIX=OFF
    KICAD_SCRIPTING_ACTION_MENU=ON
    BUILD_GITHUB_PLUGIN=ON
    KICAD_USE_OCE=ON
    KICAD_USE_OCC=OFF
    KICAD_SPICE=ON

[Wayne Stambaugh (stambaughw)]

Both alt keys work fine on windows 10 pro. Maybe a windows 7 issue. Anyone else with windows 7 seeing this?

[NhatKhai (nhatkhai)]

How is it Windows 7 issue when I can use this key for other application as usual?

[Wayne Stambaugh (stambaughw)]

The fact that the same version of kicad works on windows 10 but does not work on windows 7 suggests there is a difference between windows 7 and 10 that affects kicad. It doesn't mean that difference will affect other applications.

[Rene Poeschl (poeschlr)]

It could also be language issue. For example a german keyboard does not come with a right alt key at all but with a altgr key.

[jean-pierre charras (jp-charras)]

In French KB the right alt key is also altgr key (W7 32 bits).
Left and right alt keys are *not* equivalent.
This is true for all applications I tested.
The left alt key always activates the menus.
In most of apps, altgr key does not.
In a few others, altgr key activates the menus only during it is down.

[NhatKhai (nhatkhai)]

I'm using the English Keyboard. And I'm a lefty, so right Alt is the most key I use for menu, because my left hand need to use the mouse.

[Seth Hillbrand (sethh)]

Curious. @NhatKhai, could you try an experiment? Go into Preferences->Hotkeys and change the hotkey mapping of one of the actions to right Alt + key and tell us what KiCad saves as the hotkey mapping? For example, you could double-click on "Drag Item" and then hold right Alt and press 'G'. Does this change the mapping to "Alt + G" or does it stay "G"?

[NhatKhai (nhatkhai)]

I try set Alt+G for the Drag Item. Then I cannot drag the item with the new setting using any keys G, Alt+C, left or right. Below is the extraction of the "export" key setting:
```
$hotkey list
# Common
[common]
shortcut "Ctrl+N": "New"
...
shortcut "R": "Rotate Item"
shortcut "Alt+G": "Drag Item"
shortcut "Return": "Mouse Left Click"
...
# Schematic Editor
[eeschema]
...
```

[NhatKhai (nhatkhai)]

Also, export do not save the current modified key. I was had to hit Ok, and come back for export.

[Seth Hillbrand (sethh)]

OK. It looks like KiCad sees the key as "Alt" but something is intercepting/not passing that key up.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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