ZoomIt prevent typing left square bracket character AltGr + 5

[EricSamson-MSFT]

Microsoft PowerToys version

0.88.0

Installation method

PowerToys auto-update

Running as admin

Yes

Area(s) with issue?

ZoomIt

Steps to reproduce

Just try to type the left square bracket. First time it does nothing. If you try a second time, then you get a ZoomIt recording error box.

✔️ Expected Behavior

Let me type the left square bracket character (using AltGr + 5) even when ZoomIt is running.

❌ Actual Behavior

Since the new Power Toys version, ZoomIt is now part of Power Toys (which is GREAT). But I can no longer type the left square bracket character (using AltGr + 5), as it says that "Cannot save as ZoomIt recording is not started". That's super annoying. I cannot find how to change this in the settings. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Other Software

No response

[postb99]

Hitting AltGr + 5 starts the screen recording and hitting AltGr + 5 again saves the video... Video recording works for me but I have the same key issue.

In addition to Ctrl +5.

So it means that AltGr + 5 is behaving like Ctrl + 5 and this unexpected.

Thanks @EricSamson-MSFT for your comment, I updated mine to be clearer.

[EricSamson-MSFT]

The documentation says Ctrl + 5 should Start / Stop recording not AltGr + 5. : : Best regards, Eric Samson Standards & Technology Diplomat Corporate Standards Group Microsoft Privacy, Safety & Regulatory Affairs

[GerardFR]

I had the same issue, disabling ZoomIt solves it (as long as you don't need to use ZoomIt).

[rebel2k]

Same issue here: ZoomIt interprets ALT GR the same way as just CTRL.

[patvc]

Having the same issue as well, on US International AltGr+5 should give the Euro symbol, but since I enabled the ZoomIT powertoys I can no longer type this wich is a major disturbance being in europe

[thefasquelle]

In the short term changing the shortcut from ctrl+5 to anything else solves the issue, but it makes 2 functions unusable.
ctrl+5 records the entire screen while alt-gr+5 (equivalent to ctrl+alt+5) records current window, which is not explained anywhere. There is also ctr+shift+5 that records a portion of the screen.
All of these shortcuts should be shown in the setting page and be independently cusomizable.

[pme35]

Indeed Ctrl-5 is default short cut for "Record" but as documented in Parameters page, there are additional options when pressing Shift or Alt. Ctrl-Alt-5, basically same as Alt Gr-5, that is square open Bracket on AZERTY keyboard is assigned to "Record specific window". There is a statement about "Opposite" Alt, but whatever combination of left/rigth CTRL/Alt I use, it is recognise as Alt Gr-5.