I have moved from using Win 7 to Win 8.1 on my main dev computer and now I am facing rather ridiculous issue.

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I have moved from using Win 7 to Win 8.1 on my main dev computer and now I am facing rather ridiculous issue.

Namely, my RAD PHP XE2 refuses to write { which on Croatian keyboard has to be entered by Alt Gr + B. Instead it opens up Breakpoints window. Delphi 7 also misbehaves the same way, but I don't have to type { often there, nor I use it that much. Delphi XE4 works fine.

Alt + 123 works, but I am having troubles getting used to it.

Any ideas?

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  1. Lars FosdalJuly 9, 2015 at 6:05 AM

    Running XE7.1 on English Windows 8.1 Enterprise with Norwegian Keyboard layout.
    Ctrl+Alt+B shows breakpoint list, but AltGr+B does not.

    I see numerous other references to IDEs having problems with AltGr combos - but the question is: Is it the keyboard driver that is to blame, or is it the IDE?

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  2. Dalija PrasnikarJuly 9, 2015 at 6:12 AM

    Lars Fosdal I would say it is IDE issue. Delphi XE4 works (like yours XE7.1), Delphi 7 does not. My main issue is with RAD PHP XE2 where I have to use { a lot, it is PHP, you know :)

    I am also using English Windows 8.1, but with Croatian keyboard layout.

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  3. Lars FosdalJuly 9, 2015 at 6:24 AM

    Are there tools that can hot-patch shortcuts in the IDE?

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  4. Dorin DuminicaJuly 9, 2015 at 6:36 AM

    Lars Fosdal GExperts has/had this capability IIRC

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  5. Dalija PrasnikarJuly 9, 2015 at 6:41 AM

    Lars Fosdal Dorin Duminica RAD PHP uses different IDE.

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  6. Asbjørn HeidJuly 9, 2015 at 6:42 AM

    Why on earth are you not using english (us) keyboard layout when programming? Sounds painful...

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  7. Lars FosdalJuly 9, 2015 at 6:45 AM

    Habits are hard to break.

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  8. Dalija PrasnikarJuly 9, 2015 at 6:59 AM

    Asbjørn Heid Let's see. I have to use Croatian keyboard for my Croatian language needs. I already have redrawn half of my special char keys to accommodate for OSX, where different key combinations are needed. Adding US layout drawings would be overkill.

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  9. Asbjørn HeidJuly 9, 2015 at 7:02 AM

    Dalija Prasnikar Muscle memory! Though I guess it helps that I started doing this some 20+ years ago, in order to save 7KB of memory in the glorious DOS days by not loading the keyboard driver...

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  10. Thomas Mueller (dummzeuch)July 9, 2015 at 12:16 PM

    I'm using AutoHotkey to remap some keys, notably I have put the German umlauts on Alt+ and changed the unmodified keys to mean {} and []. Maybe that's a possibility for you?

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  11. Dalija PrasnikarJuly 10, 2015 at 3:23 AM

    Thomas Mueller Thanks, AutoHotkey is the solution, I am just unable to write proper script http://stackoverflow.com/q/31338224/4267244

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  12. Dalija PrasnikarJuly 10, 2015 at 4:58 AM

    Problem solved with AutoHotkey and following script:

    <^>!b::Send,{Asc 0123}
    Return

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