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martinewski
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4 years ago

The key combination "Command + Shift + \" can't be used because it's already used

Hello folks. After several problems arose in the last few weeks on my Mac, I decided on a clean install of macOS Monterey today. After reinstalling 1Password and logging into my account, I can'...
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1P_Ben
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4 years ago

I see where the thought comes from, but I confirmed with development that the check is not specific to US (or any other) keyboard layout. I wish I had a reliable way to be able to tell you what function / application is claiming the shortcut, but a good portion of this is a black box. The APIs available to us provide us with three bits of information:

  • The key code
  • The modifiers
  • If the shortcut is enabled

even though the shortcut I want to use is not in conflict on my local Swiss keyboard

I'm afraid the APIs we have available to query to ask about this sort of thing are telling us that there is some sort of conflict, even if my initial assumption about which conflict it would be were inaccurate for your situation.

Ben