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  1. Minecraft: Java Edition
  2. MC-127862

"Alt Gr" key makes "Ctrl" locked

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    • Resolution: Unresolved
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    • Minecraft 18w11a, Minecraft 18w19b, Minecraft 18w22c, Minecraft 1.13-pre1, Minecraft 1.13-pre2, Minecraft 1.13-pre4, Minecraft 1.13-pre5, Minecraft 1.13-pre6, Minecraft 1.13-pre7, Minecraft 1.13-pre8, Minecraft 1.13, Minecraft 1.13.2, Minecraft 18w43b, Minecraft 18w43c, Minecraft 18w44a, Minecraft 18w45a, Minecraft 1.14, 1.14.4, 19w37a, 1.15.1, 1.15.2, 20w06a, 20w07a, 20w16a, 20w21a, 1.16 Release Candidate 1, 1.16, 1.16.2, 1.16.3, 20w46a, 20w51a, 1.17, 1.17.1, 1.18.1, 22w42a, 1.19.3, 23w03a, 1.19.4, 23w14a, 1.20.1, 1.20.4, 24w09a, 24w14a
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      "Alt Gr" is equal to pressing "Alt" + "Ctrl". Now, if you hold "Alt Gr" for something like a second, it will be as if you released "Alt" but NOT "Ctrl".

      Using an AZERTY keyboard, "Alt Gr" is needed for several characters that are useful for commands : " ~ " , "@" , " ^ " , "{ }" and "[ ]"

       

      Because it simulates a locked "Ctrl", actions like deleting text or moving the cursor with arrows will be work "word by word" instead of "character by character". For example :

      /give @a[distance=..10,limit=5,sort=random] minecraft:blue_wool

      First, if you do a typo, you're likely to not realise about the bug and delete the whole argument, if not several of them (here, write "blue_wiil" and you have what you need to delete literally everything. Although the most annoying is often when deleting a target selector).

      Now, if you want to change to "red_wool", and / or something in the target selector maybe, you will have write the whole argument again (but the most annoying is really when you delete everything just because you didn't realise the bug was there. While most people probably won't even understand what the bug is)

       

      Another problem is that Ctrl + A selects the whole text, but the game then still writes the letter too. So because of that, whenever you press the letter "A", everything you wrote will be replaced by "a". It took me quite some time to realize that because of MC-121278.

      But what it means is : if MC-121278 is solved before this one is, it will become far, FAR worse than it is now ! (as long as it's not solved, it is the letter "q" that is a real problem, but it is rather uncommon. Which is not at all the case of the letter "a")

       

      Pressing "v" can be annoying too, but at least it won't make you lose everything, it's a less common letter, and if you pressed "c" or "x" before, you won't notice anything. Unless you needed for later use what you last copied, since you won't have anymore anything to paste. Anywhere).

       

      Notes :

      1) There is a way to stop this bug : Press the LEFT "Ctrl" key (the right one does nothing. At least for me).

      2) While holding "Alt Gr", pressing another key before the bug starts ensures that it will never start (until you release then hold again "Alt Gr").

      3) The bug seems to be related to a "bad" framerate (including minor / average fps drops while otherwise having a good framerate), and maybe lag spikes, although the bug never seems to start instantaneously (and a lag spike is pretty short).

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