Menu opens if releasing Alt first after Alt+Up/Down

[lukehutch]

Type: Bug

When moving lines up/down using Alt+Up/Down, if you release the Alt key before the arrow key, then the VSCode menu (from the menu bar at the top) opens, which disrupts the input focus. It's super annoying, because then you have to hit Esc a couple of times to go back to editing again.

Platform: Linux

VS Code version: Code 1.75.1 (441438a, 2023-02-08T21:35:30.018Z)
OS version: Linux x64 6.1.11-100.fc36.x86_64
Modes:
Sandboxed: No

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[deepak1556]

Does this repro with latest stable ? If it repros, can you share your application settings.

[lukehutch]

@deepak1556 Yes, this repros with latest stable (code-1.84.2-1699528436.el7.x86_64):

screen-recording-.2.mp4

In this recording, with the cursor on the first line, I hold down Left Alt and tap the Down arrow a few times then the Up arrow a few times, then release Alt. Line a moves as expected. Then I hold down Alt again, followed by holding down the Down arrow until a has moved down a few lines. Then I release Down while still holding down Alt (so that Alt was never released). The menu opens, and the selected menu item cycles rapidly downwards.

Here's my settings.json:

{
    "[dart]": {
        "editor.formatOnSave": true,
        "editor.formatOnType": true,
        "editor.rulers": [
            80
        ],
        "editor.selectionHighlight": false,
        "editor.suggest.snippetsPreventQuickSuggestions": false,
        "editor.suggestSelection": "first",
        "editor.tabCompletion": "onlySnippets",
        "editor.wordBasedSuggestions": false,
    },
    "workbench.tree.indent": 20,
    "dart.debugExternalPackageLibraries": true,
    "dart.debugSdkLibraries": false,
    "dart.completionBudgetMilliseconds": 500,
    "explorer.confirmDragAndDrop": false,
    "timeline.pageSize": 999,
    "dart.warnWhenEditingFilesOutsideWorkspace": false,
    "cmake.configureOnOpen": true,
    "redhat.telemetry.enabled": false,
    "git.openRepositoryInParentFolders": "always",
    "java.configuration.updateBuildConfiguration": "automatic",
    "editor.codeActionsOnSave": {
        "source.fixAll": true,
        "source.organizeImports": true
    },
    "workbench.colorCustomizations": {
        "tab.activeBorder": "#ffff00",
        "tab.unfocusedActiveBorder": "#000000"
    },
    "android.sdkLocation": "/home/luke/Android/Sdk/platforms/android-33",
    "java.import.gradle.java.home": "/usr/java/jdk-11",
    "editor.mouseWheelScrollSensitivity": 3,
    "cmake.showOptionsMovedNotification": false,
    "java.configuration.runtimes": [
        {
            "name": "JavaSE-1.8",
            "path": "/usr/java/jdk1.8.0-x64"
        },
        {
            "name": "JavaSE-11",
            "path": "/usr/java/jdk-11",
            "default": true
        },
    ]
}

[lukehutch]

This may also be relevant -- the desktop is xfce 4.18 (the latest version in Fedora), and the window manager is xfwm4.

[vscodenpa]

Hey @deepak1556, this issue might need further attention.

@lukehutch, you can help us out by closing this issue if the problem no longer exists, or adding more information.

[lukehutch]

This is still a problem.

[lukehutch]

Hi @deepak1556, can you please remove the info-needed tag from this, and triage this? It is still a (very annoying) problem with VS Code. Thank you!

[vscodenpa]

Hey @deepak1556, this issue might need further attention.

@lukehutch, you can help us out by closing this issue if the problem no longer exists, or adding more information.

[lukehutch]

Still an issue

[vs-code-engineering]

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