Non-U.S. Keyboards and the Web Browser [#4305]

by **chrisjj** » Sun Oct 04, 2009 11:23 am

Spacefish, this was tracked at http://www.ventismedia.com/mantis/view.php?id=4305 and since marked Resolved with "no change required ". Is your problem solved e.g. on the current release 1256?

(My related problem is not.)

by **chrisjj** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 7:17 am

A more widespread effect of apparently the same cause is reported here:

. MM prevents the user entering á, é etc using the AltGr key
. because it has assigned Ctrl+Alt-A, Ctrl+Alt+E etc...
. http://www.mediamonkey.com/forum/viewto ... 384#124384

by **spacefish** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 10:22 pm

Peke wrote:Added to our Bug tracker.

Excellent. Hope it's fixed soon.

by **steve_c** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 5:15 pm

Just to say I'm hoping too for an elegant solution because the same applies in a Norwegian keyboard. In my case I noticed it when trying to get the $ sign to get the right string for auto-organizing files.

by **Peke** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 4:09 pm

I missed that one

. THX for pointing, I updated that topic too.

by **Big_Berny** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 4:00 pm

I already posted the problem here some time ago.

by **Peke** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 3:38 pm

@Spacefish
As I putted it as trick question(Edit: Reason was Above Bex workaround), and you answered my question with what I nedded to confirm. When I use Serbian key Settings I have same issues. The Combination I was referring to is due to This Article

BTW For others AltGr = RIGHT ALT if not specified on Keyboard differently

Added to our Bug tracker.

by **Bex** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 3:30 pm

Goto: Tools ->Options->Hotkeys, and disable everything until it works.
I had the same problem and that solved the problem.
(Swedish keyboard works the same as the Danish regarding @)

by **spacefish** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 1:27 pm

I don't understand your question. Did you read my original post? I'm using a Danish keyboard (look at the picture).

Please see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AltGr_key#Danish . The AltGr key will not work in MediaMonkey with some of the keys. The ones that do not work include @, yes. To get @ on my keyboard, I have to press AltGr+2. This does nothing in MediaMonkey.

I don't know what Ctrl+Alt+V does. It did nothing here in this text box.

It seems simple enough since MediaMonkey is the only program I have used that does not support AltGr in its general functionality. I expect the browser problem is a similar, but unrelated issue. Now that I know I cannot use these keys within MediaMonkey for general use, I can't justify purchasing the program. I hope you can fix it because I think I would like to buy it.

by **Peke** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 1:00 pm

Are You reffering to @ = CTRL+ALT+V?

by **spacefish** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 7:16 am

*** SHOW-STOPPER! ***

This is also a problem in the general properties area. Most Alt Gr characters are not recognized in any of the data fields, including direct editing (F2). I cannot input @ £ $ { or } but I can input [ ] | € ~ \ and µ.

It seems odd that no one has noticed this before. I guess you don't have many Scandinavian users? I can't use a program that doesn't support my native keyboard.

by **spacefish** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 10:19 pm

There is no Alt code for @ according to my character map but of course, I shouldn't have to do that. A person should not need to know all the ASCII character codes to get basic functionality out of a media application. I can't justify paying for a program that won't let me use my native keyboard. Clearly this needs to be fixed, whether by the MM team or whoever built the browser component, I don't know. It is a problem, however, and one that should not be ignored.

I can work around this by switching my keyboard to a U.S. layout temporarily but it's not ideal (and somewhat alienating). I did some testing with Winamp's Online Services window (which doesn't work either) and Winamp's browser (which does), so clearly it's a choice of what browser is being used in that module. I'd suggest changing it if it can't be fixed expeditiously.

by **latinmusiclover** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 4:30 pm

If you can't get this to work using the Alt-Gr key, can you enter the ASCII value directly using this old Windows 'hack':
Look up the ASCII code for the character you want.
With the "NumLock" ON, press/hold the "Alt" key and type the ASCII code on the Number Keypad. The character will appear.

by **spacefish** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 11:56 am

Alt Gr works in IE 7. What do I need to do to make it work in MM?

by **trixmoto** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 11:55 am

Well this is just an Internet Explorer OCX window, so it might not be in MM issue.

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