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MC-68642

Certain characters cannot be typed on certain keyboard layouts ("AltGr" behaving like "Ctrl")

Key "Alt" or "AltGr" acts like "Ctrl" ("Alt" + "V" pastes copied text...). This means you are NOT able to create many characters like "@" or "&".
Thank you Ferenc Nagy for an awesome demonstration video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60_FJPSkUaQ&feature=youtu.be If you don't know what this bug is, check it out! Especially Mojang, please fix this, we can't do commands!

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Incorrect Alt shortcut. Its Alt+86.

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Is 86 v? I've been tying do click Alt and V but i couldn't make @.

galaxy_2alex

Yes.

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alt + v does worked, but in 1.8-pre1 it doesn't

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On my home keyboard i am also using shortcut Alt Gr + V ,but it also isn't working but most pepole are using Alt + V which isn't working too.

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Oh, this happens with # &, too 馃槥

(& - alt + c | # alt + x )

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For me Alt gr + v should create @ but it doesnt

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Me too! I am using Croatian keyboard on which AltGr+V creates @ but now it doesn't.

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LOL I use Croatian keyboard too cause i am croatian 馃槂

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It also doesn't work for polish letters. Alt key acts like ctrl, so some people cannot create special chars ingame.

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Yes thats true like when i try to make @ with alt v it pastes the copyied text cause alt = ctrl , ctrl v 馃槂

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What's about this? I'm starving for making commands 馃槥
Hungarian keyboard here :S

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The more votes this issue gets, bigger are chances of Mojang fixing it. So...please vote.

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Hi guys at mojang.
I made a video about it, so you can at least confirm it 馃檪
I hope this will be fixed soon 馃檪
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60_FJPSkUaQ&feature=youtu.be

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This bug exists also in 1.8. I can't write @, & and #...
I'm using hungarian keyboard, and Alt Gr + 脥 combination takes a screenshot, so every time I type < character, I get a small lag, because of screenshot...

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A magyarok sz铆vnak :/ 茅s nem is fogadj谩k el 馃槥

marcono1234

Norbert Toth, the second part you are describing is probably caused by MC-68399 馃檪

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Hell贸, ha m谩r magyarokr贸l is sz贸 van 馃槂
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Not fixed in 1.8 release.

("HU-EN" keyboard)

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Valami fejlem茅ny van m谩r r贸la? Picik茅t ideges铆t艖, hogy lassan 谩t谩llunk 1.8-ra 茅s se sz铆nk贸d, se semmi :S

wojtekpod

The bug is present in 1.8.2-pre6.

Edited to add: The problem exists in Windows 7 and Windows 8.1, and Polish (programmer keyboard) and US English (American-international keyboard) as well. (In American-international you don't get special characters like "漏").
The problem is for both latest Java 7 and Java 8 versions.

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Weird is, that it happens on my computer, but not on my grandfather's...
Both have Windows. I also dualboot with Linux (Ubuntu) and there it works correctly.

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I don't think there is, and no, bumping is not allowed.

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I have the same problem

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I have the czech keyboard

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I have this problem in 1.8.3. Keyboard: HU / Hungarian keyboard

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Can confirm on a Slovenian keyboard. And I may have tracked it down. Minecraft checks inside GuiTextField.onKeyDown for CTRL+A/X/C/V explicitly.

public static boolean isKeyComboCtrlV(int key) { return key == 47 /* V */ && isCtrlKeyDown(); }

A possible fix would be to check for !isAltKeyDown() as well.

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Thank you Mojang for fixing this! It makes our gameplay much easier. 馃槂

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I'm from Poland and I can't type Polish "膮" and "膰". The former highlights the whole text and the latter copies the highlighted text. Please fix! I'm using Minecraft 1.8.3.

kumasasa

@@unknown: This is fixed for next version.

kumasasa

@@unknown: This is MC-68399

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@Kumasasa Thank you alot. I can now write proper Polish!

FaRo1

I never had the problem mentioned in this report, but since my bug report was marked as duplicate of this, I say it here:
When I try to set a key to Alt Gr (controls menu), it says "LCONTROL" and interferes with left control actions.
Because of that: Confirmed for 1.9.4 and 16w21b.

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Erik Broes

Community Consensus

Minecraft 14w34d, Minecraft 1.8-pre1, Minecraft 1.8-pre2, Minecraft 1.8-pre3, Minecraft 1.8, ..., Minecraft 1.8.2-pre1, Minecraft 1.8.2-pre4, Minecraft 1.8.2-pre5, Minecraft 1.8.2-pre6, Minecraft 1.8.3

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