Sometimes the Quick Accent window can become unfocused and difficult to dismiss (REQUEST: Esc key to cancel/dismiss QA)

[e-t-l]

Microsoft PowerToys version

0.76.1

Installation method

Microsoft Store

Running as admin

Yes

Area(s) with issue?

Quick Accent

Steps to reproduce

1. Activate Quick Accent for a letter
2. Make the Quick Accent window lose focus (not 100% sure how to replicate, but I think clicking elsewhere on the screen or pressing keys besides spacebar can do this)
3. Try to refocus the Quick Accent window, select an accent, or dismiss the window. For example...
4. Click on the Quick Accent window
5. Click on an accented character in the QA window
6. Press spacebar
7. Press the Esc key

✔️ Expected Behavior

The Quick Accent window should regain focus and become possible to navigate between and select accented characters, or possible to dismiss the window, respectively

It's okay if the user changes focus to a different window or types elsewhere, but it should be possible to refocus the QA window and continue navigating between characters with spacebar. It might also be nice to just click on an accented character to insert it.

If the QA window is on screen, pressing the Esc key should ALWAYS dismiss it without inserting any accented character. This could be useful as well if the user activates QA accidentally, as to my knowledge there's no way NOT to insert an accented character once QA has been triggered.

❌ Actual Behavior

The Quick Accent window remains on the screen but is not interactable. It is difficult to get rid of it, e.g. one must go to the Alt+Tab task switcher and manually close PowerToys.PowerAccent.exe (titled "MainWindow").

Not sure if this is related, but sometimes after this bug occurs, the next time Quick Accent is triggered, it does not appear in its expected position, but instead appears in the bottom left corner of the screen, in a smaller-than-normal QA window that cuts off most of the characters that should be visible. (I don't know if this is a separate bug; let me know if you'd like me to make a new issue for it). P.S. I just got this bug to happen, see screenshot below!

Other Software

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[cinnamon-msft]

/dup #23496

[microsoft-github-policy-service]

Hi! We've identified this issue as a duplicate of another one that already exists on this Issue Tracker. This specific instance is being closed in favor of tracking the concern over on the referenced thread. Thanks for your report!

[e-t-l]

@cinnamon-msft if you say so. Worth noting that this is a *bug report*. I only requested a keyboard shortcut as a workaround, not an actual solution to the bug.