Keyboard shortcut disabling fails if another key is pressed

[jordanmorris]

Microsoft PowerToys version

0.96.1

Installation method

PowerToys auto-update

Area(s) with issue?

Keyboard Manager

Steps to reproduce

1. Create a keyboard shortcut remapping, for example ALT (Left) + Tab and set it to Disabled.
2. Press ALT (left) + W + Tab

✔️ Expected Behavior

No action

❌ Actual Behavior

Application switching occurs

Additional Information

Windows 11

Other Software

No response

[ReginaldTang]

This happens because PowerToys Keyboard Manager is only looking for that specific set shortcut (alt+tab) to disable, and not any other shortcut unless that shortcut is specifically listed

[jordanmorris]

This happens because PowerToys Keyboard Manager is only looking for that specific set shortcut (alt+tab) to disable, and not any other shortcut unless that shortcut is specifically listed

That makes sense, but is that by-design? Because I think it's fair for users to expect to that a disabled shortcut would be entirely disabled in all contexts.

I would argue that the best design would apply INCLUDES to the currently pressed keys, as opposed to EQUALS.

[ReginaldTang]

This happens because PowerToys Keyboard Manager is only looking for that specific set shortcut (alt+tab) to disable, and not any other shortcut unless that shortcut is specifically listed

That makes sense, but is that by-design? Because I think it's fair for users to expect to that a disabled shortcut would be entirely disabled in all contexts.

I would argue that the best design would apply INCLUDES to the currently pressed keys, as opposed to EQUALS.

this is intended by design. PowerToys will only look for that very specific shortcut, so if you want alt+w+tab to do the same thing (disabled in this case) then you have to create a sperate remap for alt+w+tab