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Hi all,

OK, I figured it out. Apparently this behavior was caused because of the dead key which I deactivated with a new keyboard layout (German). When I switched back to a English or German default keyboard layout, everything works as expected. Now I have to figure how I should handle this dilemma ...

Could you check with the following value:

actViewSetActivePanel=Alt+ZIRKUMFLEX

It still does not work, unfortunately.

Just FYI: I tried to work around the problem by looking up how the same shortcut (Alt+^) is saved for another program in which I also switch between active panels (RStudio). The ...

Marek wrote:It works for me fine - after closing and starting FC too.
What is the value for the shortcut in the shc file? What is your Windows language?

FreeCommander.shc
actViewSetActivePanel=Alt+^

Windows language is German

And what is the real need behind this strange idea ?

Why is that considered a strange idea? People have different needs and preferences, I prefer to use Alt + ^ to switch between windows within a program, which resembles the Alt + Tab behavior to switch between open windows.
Secondly, this is a ...

Hi,

this bug is somewhat weird because it only happens when I assign a shortcut with the circumflex (the key left to number 1 and above tab). Modifying other shortcuts works as expected and they are saved.

Behavior: Change shortcut of "Set active panel" to Alt + ^. This shortcut then work until ...