Shortcut key chords with three keypresses not working
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When I try to use a key chord with thee key presses, only the first two are recognized as part of the chord, and the third is passed to inkscape.
For example a + g + d should get a thickly dotted arrow, as you explain in your blog post, but instead only a+g is recognized in the first instance, and d is passed to inkscape to bring up the dropper tool, resulting in only a thick solid arrow.
Another example where this is happening is f + h + e for filled and very thickly dashed, where instead it detects only f + h for a solid filled thick rectangle and the ellipse tool is brought up with the e keypress.
I don't know if this is intended behavior now since your post is over a year old now and this could have changed, in which case I can happily work with combinations of two keypresses.
Hi @inigohidalgo, thanks for this issue!
As you mentioned, a + g + d should indeed give you a thickly dotted arrow. With my machine / keyboard, that works. That issue may lie with the keyboard you're using. Some keyboards have trouble detecting multiple keystrokes at once, especially if the keys you're pressing are close together. You can test this for your keyboard here: http://random.xem.us/rollover.html. Try pressing a, g and d simultaneously. Please let me know if that's indeed the problem!
Hi @gillescastel thank you for replying so quickly!
The problem was simpler than that: I didn't realize the keystrokes had to be simultaneous. For some reason I thought they were sequential. The program is 100% running as intended.
Thank you so much for such an amazing program by the way, I am starting a new master's program and this will be incredibly useful!
Glad it works!