[PowerRename] Can't use ALT GR shortcuts for special characters on AZERTY layout

[JusteThom]

Microsoft PowerToys version

0.49.0

Running as admin

• Yes

Area(s) with issue?

PowerRename

Steps to reproduce

On AZERTY keyboard layout, we can't type special characters with ALT GR key like ALT GR + 8 for "\" caracter.

✔️ Expected Behavior

For the shortcut to work

❌ Actual Behavior

Don't do anything

Other Software

No response

[stefansjfw]

This is external WinUI + Xaml islands issue, as AutoSuggestBox UI element works fine with AltGr input on packaged apps, but doesn't accept AltGr input when hosted with Xaml islands.

Created bug ticket in WinUi repo:
microsoft/microsoft-ui-xaml#6217

[tevey]

I use Swedish qwerty keyboard layout and can't type anything at all in the fields in powerrenamer anymore, is this the same issue?

[stefansjfw]

@tevey I would say so.

[anttin2020]

where can I get old version back? This new version is unusable, first because of that ALTGR bug but also because the file name Original field width cannot be adjusted so there is no way to see the original filenames in full to see that the rename actually is correct.

Nevermind, I installed the original SmartRenamer, it works as expected.

[franky920920]

@anttin2020 PowerToys releases page

[anttin2020]

hmm...I downloaded 0.49.1 and tried to install it but it said I already have newer version installed and update check says it is up to date (0.49.1)

[franky920920]

@anttin2020 v0.49.1 is the latest version. Which version do you want to roll back?
You'll have to uninstall the newer version first before installing an older version.

[anttin2020]

Ah sorry, I misunderstood, I thought there was new release that might fix this problem :)
I hope to see it fixed soon, until then I'll use the SmartRename.

[theme1256]

I'm also having this issue.
I'm using a nordic QWERTY and a danish QWERTY keyboard on danish systems and on none of them AltGr shortcuts works.

[3PSY0N]

Same issue here, i can't use Alt Gr + other key combination in Power Rename for regular expressions.
I use AZERTY keyboard with French layout. And PowerToys version is v0.51.1
Thank you

[anttin2020]

So there are two updates after the previous reports of this serious keyboard problem and nothing is still done!
PowerRename is still totally unusable as no AltGr keys cannot be used.
If I was developing this kind of globally important tool, I would fix this kind of almost fatal bugs first, then continue with other things.

[stefansjfw]

Fix is on it's way

[sba923]

I confirm FWIW that the issue is still present in 0.51.1

[stefansjfw]

I confirm FWIW that the issue is still present in 0.51.1

Fix is merged and will be included in next release

[crutkas]

This is fixed in 0.53, get it at https://aka.ms/installPowerToys

[sba923]

This is fixed in 0.53, get it at https://aka.ms/installPowerToys

Confirmed.

I'm still astonished that in 2021 people can still write code that gets this (or handling non-ASCII characters, for that matter) wrong. Maybe I'll look at the fix to understand 🙃.

[crutkas]

@sba923 when dealing with routing of stuff through different UX frameworks and when samples are incorrect, bugs happen. We've routed the feedback to the team who's sample was incorrect and caused our underlying issue.

We thank everyone for helping out alerting us to the issue.