Search Box [ALT] does not work for all letters

You have encountered a problem using Far Manager? Here you can get help.
Post Reply
rs3d
Posts: 21
Joined: Wed 13 Oct, 2010 18:06
Has thanked: 2 times
Been thanked: 1 time

Search Box [ALT] does not work for all letters

Post by rs3d »

I've been using the FAR's Search Box (pressing ALT + the first letter) for ages, and in one of the current updates it seems it lost the search-capability for some letters.

For me, two key combinations to start the search are not working anymore:
ALT + R
ALT + Z

I closed all system services, in the hope, one was taking over the hotkeys.
But that didn't help - any ideas?

3.0.6478.0 x64 (pure and ConEmu)
User avatar
HaRT
Moderator
Posts: 11290
Joined: Tue 30 Aug, 2005 17:21
Has thanked: 253 times
Been thanked: 392 times

Search Box [ALT] does not work for all letters

Post by HaRT »

rs3d, are you able to assign a keyboard macro to e.g. AltR? (Press Ctrl. Ctrl. AltR and see if the key is displayed.) If no key is displayed then some external process steals the shortcut despite your efforts (or the keyboard malfunctions). You might wish to use a program like Hotkey Detective (use at your own risk) to see the intervening app.
You might also wish to download and unpack an earlier (known good) version of FAR (no installation required) to see if these shortcuts still work there.
Фар есть инструмент, а не нянька. © 2009 DrKnS
rs3d
Posts: 21
Joined: Wed 13 Oct, 2010 18:06
Has thanked: 2 times
Been thanked: 1 time

Search Box [ALT] does not work for all letters

Post by rs3d »

Hotkey Detective is really genius... the new AMD Adrenaline was taking over the hotkeys, so FAR was not seeing the shortcuts.

Thanks a lot for helping me to debug this HaRT!
Last edited by rs3d on Thu 08 May, 2025 16:34, edited 1 time in total.
rostok
Posts: 7
Joined: Sat 29 Aug, 2015 12:40

Search Box [ALT] does not work for all letters

Post by rostok »

Hello, I am having the exactly same problem for Alt+O fast search. Unfortunatelly Hotkey Detective shows nothing. I have a Polish programmers keyboard but it doesnt matter if I switch layout to English or use right Alt.
BUT it turns out that Alt+Shift+O still works.
User avatar
HaRT
Moderator
Posts: 11290
Joined: Tue 30 Aug, 2005 17:21
Has thanked: 253 times
Been thanked: 392 times

Search Box [ALT] does not work for all letters

Post by HaRT »

rostok wrote: Tue 17 Jun, 2025 10:18 I am having the exactly same problem for Alt+O fast search
Are you able to assign a FAR keyboard macro to AltO? If the shortcut is not seen by FAR, there's some external program that steals it (or the keyboard malfunctions).
rostok wrote: Tue 17 Jun, 2025 10:18 Unfortunatelly Hotkey Detective shows nothing.
There's a chance that the offending program runs elevated. Did you run Hotkey Detective “as administrator”?
Does any other program react to the shortcut, e.g. Visual Studio or Word?
Фар есть инструмент, а не нянька. © 2009 DrKnS
rostok
Posts: 7
Joined: Sat 29 Aug, 2015 12:40

Search Box [ALT] does not work for all letters

Post by rostok »

Thanks for suggestion to assign Alt+O to a new macro, good way to check things. This in fact showed that sth else is hijacking this shortcut. I ended with using Nirsoft's HotkeyList and started killing programs one by one. Turns out it was Foobar.
Post Reply

Return to “Support and Troubleshooting”