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Seems easy to fix > Windows for backwards compatibility reports 'right-alt' as 'alt+control'. There’s your problem, right there

• samatman 6y ago
  No, there are at least two problems here. An application shouldn't accept ctrl+alt+n as either ctrl+n or alt+n. That is simply a bug, no way around it.
  • toxik 6y ago
    It's hardly a bug, just a bad interaction. I would argue that the bug is implicitly pressing Control. Control is not a layer modifier.
• adamzochowski 6y ago
  The backwards compatibility is for physical keyboards. So that a keyboard with just one alt can still trigger polish letters. I don't know how other OSes allow for users to trigger "right-alt" when the keyboard has only one alt character.
  • praptak 6y ago
    As a Polish Linux user I think I'd switch between mappings in this case. One for typing źdźbłos and żółws, another to interact with shortcut-heavy apps. I actually do this on two-alt keyboards too, because I like to use either alt for shortcuts.
• ynik 6y ago
  That also works the other way around -- you can use alt+control instead of right alt. This may make sense to do with some of the more annoying key combinations, e.g. the German layout requires pressing AltGr+7 for '{'. Both keys individually are usually pressed by the right hand, but pressing the combination with the right hand alone is a very uncomfortable hand position.