Keyboard input stops working. Only resumes when I switch.

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Anthony Holland
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Keyboard input stops working. Only resumes when I switch.

Postby Anthony Holland » 27.08.2015 13:21:12

Hi. Quite often I switch to a desktop and start typing and find that no characters are appearing. Even if I click right in the text field repeatedly and the cursor is in their, flashing, none of my keypresses seem to reach the component.

Then I switch to another desktop and back again and the problem is fixes. Interestingly, in order to switch desktops I use Atl-(1|2|3) and this does work. At first I thought the keypresses were being sent to the wrong desktop. While that may be the case, I have not notices any of my typed sentences appearing in other programs (but the last program may not have accepted/recorded text, so it is hard to say).

Thanks,
Anthony Holland

kinto

Re: Keyboard input stops working. Only resumes when I switch

Postby kinto » 04.09.2015 15:30:45

I am also having this issue. It happens every time I switch to another desktop(using alt + 1,2,3, or 4). Hitting the windows key twice seems to make the keyboard work in that desktop again. I figure it has something to do with dexpot and Windows 10's native multi-desktop app crashing together.

jerrymccarthy123

Re: Keyboard input stops working. Only resumes when I switch

Postby jerrymccarthy123 » 04.09.2015 22:29:36

I also have this problem.

alexqtk
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Re: Keyboard input stops working. Only resumes when I switch

Postby alexqtk » 10.09.2015 09:10:46

I have the same problem, and running Windows 8.1, so it's not a Windows 10 conflict issue. Looking forward to an update/fix for this, as I really love Dexpot and would hate to have to switch to something else because of this :-(

PureKrikke

Re: Keyboard input stops working. Only resumes when I switch

Postby PureKrikke » 21.09.2015 16:38:12

I have the same issue on windows 7, it is rather annoying! Would be great if someone could provide a fix.

Björn Norlén

Re: Keyboard input stops working. Only resumes when I switch

Postby Björn Norlén » 23.09.2015 21:26:49

I also have this issue and I'm using Windows 8!

panosgr

Re: Keyboard input stops working. Only resumes when I switch

Postby panosgr » 24.09.2015 12:49:54

Unfortunately, I am having the same issue on Windows 8.1 and it's quite annoying to the point that I consider uninstalling as I cannot really do my job... could you please fix that?

panosgr

Re: Keyboard input stops working. Only resumes when I switch

Postby panosgr » 24.09.2015 13:14:16

Ps. In case it helps I am running the latest available version (1.6.14 build 2439) and I am experiencing this bug...

Guest

Re: Keyboard input stops working. Only resumes when I switch

Postby Guest » 29.09.2015 14:36:20

Is this still not resolved? This is significant enough that I'm uninstalling Dexpot.

ilan

Re: Keyboard input stops working. Only resumes when I switch

Postby ilan » 29.09.2015 23:50:47

Same problem here.
Fastest 'fix' i found is hitting the windows button then escape, that seems to fix it temporarily.

Grant

Re: Keyboard input stops working. Only resumes when I switch

Postby Grant » 10.11.2015 13:01:33

OMG!

I have been looking for a solution to this issue for ages - I reinstalled my entire operating system to attempt to fix this really annoying issue.

behold - that was not the solution - the issue has started happening again on windows 8.1

Please fix this! I love Dexpot, but it is totally unusable at the moment!!

Thanks

Hwulex
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Re: Keyboard input stops working. Only resumes when I switch

Postby Hwulex » 02.01.2016 20:47:11

I am experiencing the same issue. Windows 7 Pro. It happens frequently (but not every time) I switch desktops. Fix for me is to reset the active window (click on any other window, then back again) and I can type. Very frustrating though and would love to see a fix.

See what appears to be same issue being described on Chrome forums
https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issu ... ?id=539690

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Re: Keyboard input stops working. Only resumes when I switch

Postby Sebastian » 13.01.2016 15:36:38

:dex:,

guys, thanks for reporting. I can confirm this is an issue, particularly with Chrome windows distributed across desktops. We'll see what we can do about it.
Best regards (wave)
Sebastian Brands, Dexpot GbR

Grant

Re: Keyboard input stops working. Only resumes when I switch

Postby Grant » 28.01.2016 15:47:01

Thank you so much! - will keep checking here for updates!

Can you estimate a fix date? Thanks again!

Grant

Spartan010
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Can't Type Right After Switching Desktops

Postby Spartan010 » 30.01.2016 20:21:35

Right after I switch desktops, I cannot type anything until I alt tab to a different window. A note, I do have administrator access allowed.

anotero

Re: Can't Type Right After Switching Desktops

Postby anotero » 31.01.2016 19:50:17

Same here. Cannot start typing if I use a keyboard shortcut for switching between desktops.
Windows 7.

anotero

Re: Keyboard input stops working. Only resumes when I switch

Postby anotero » 31.01.2016 19:53:03

Messages about this problem have been appearing since August of last year, and not a single reply from the Dexpot team has been posted in the thread. Hello? If you are not planning on coming out with a fix any time soon, at least acknowledge the fact that you are aware of this problem.

Hwulex
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Re: Keyboard input stops working. Only resumes when I switch

Postby Hwulex » 01.02.2016 19:28:18

anotero wrote:Messages about this problem have been appearing since August of last year, and not a single reply from the Dexpot team has been posted in the thread. Hello? If you are not planning on coming out with a fix any time soon, at least acknowledge the fact that you are aware of this problem.


You mean apart from the post just two above yours, specifically recognising this as an issue?

Sebastian wrote::dex:,

guys, thanks for reporting. I can confirm this is an issue, particularly with Chrome windows distributed across desktops. We'll see what we can do about it.

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Re: Keyboard input stops working. Only resumes when I switch

Postby Sebastian » 02.02.2016 09:41:53

:dex:,

Hwulex wrote:You mean apart from the post just two above yours, specifically recognising this as an issue?

:dumdiedum:
Best regards (wave)
Sebastian Brands, Dexpot GbR

Spartan010
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Re: Keyboard input stops working. Only resumes when I switch

Postby Spartan010 » 04.02.2016 04:27:26

This is frustrating that is has not been fixed yet! It's been bugging me for a long time.


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