Alt + Tab switching to Everything frequently activates Alt + Menu

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vertigo
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Alt + Tab switching to Everything frequently activates Alt + Menu

Post by vertigo »

I've been having this problem pretty consistently for a long time now, with an earlier version of 1.5a from a couple years ago and still with 1.5.0.1423b. When I use alt+tab to switch from another window to Everything, it will sometimes (multiple times a week at least) trigger the menus, as if I'd switched then pressed alt again. I don't ever have this happen with any other program. It's very problematic because it not only prevents from being able to search and causes confusion momentarily when switching and trying to type and not having anything happen, but multiple times I've even typed in a sequence that opened one of the menus and selected one of the items from the menu via its shortcut, as I'm typing so fast that I've already managed to do this before I realize what's happening.
void
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Re: Alt + Tab switching to Everything frequently activates Alt + Menu

Post by void »

Is this happening with the Everything menu or the system menu?
-Everything will use the Everything menu if you use dark mode.

You can force the menu theme under Tools -> Options -> Advanced -> menu_theme
Try setting this to Everything or System and see if the issue persists.

If you are able to reproduce the issue, please capture a debug log:
  • In Everything, from the Tools menu, under the Debug submenu, click Start Debug Logging....
  • From the Tools menu, under the Debug submenu, check Verbose.
  • Reproduce the issue.
  • In Everything, from the Tools menu, under the Debug submenu, click Stop Debug Logging....
    This will open your %TEMP%\Everything Debug Log.txt
  • Please upload this file in a bug report.
vertigo
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Re: Alt + Tab switching to Everything frequently activates Alt + Menu

Post by vertigo »

I use dark theme, so it's the Everything menu. I've switched to system to see if it still happens, and I've started debugging. Not sure how long it will be, but I'll update when it happens again.