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| ID | Project | Category | View Status | Date Submitted | Last Update |
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| 0013105 | Dwarf Fortress | Technical -- Input/Keybinding/Macros | public | 2025-02-18 15:30 | 2025-02-21 20:45 |
| Reporter | Berserknurple | Assigned To | |||
| Priority | high | Severity | major | Reproducibility | always |
| Status | new | Resolution | open | ||
| Platform | Steam | ||||
| Product Version | 51.05 | ||||
| Summary | 0013105: Caps Lock continuously reverses while Dwarf Fortress is open | ||||
| Description | I’m getting a very strange bug. My Caps Lock keeps getting reversed, and I mean within like 10 seconds of resetting it via Ctrl + Shift + Caps Lock. This causes the game not to recognize basic keys like Esc, Space, and Enter, as well as a ton of hot keys. I don’t believe it’s my keyboard, as this issue does not occur in other games nor in other programs. I updated keyboard drivers with no change. Does Dwarf Fortress interact with keyboard input in some unique way that other programs don’t? Anyone have any ideas? I assume this isn’t a global issue but must be unique to my setup, but it just seems so odd that only Dwarf Fortress is affected. | ||||
| Steps To Reproduce | Sometimes even with the only input being mouse movement, caps lock will be reversed. Seems to be random how many inputs it takes before it happens. Notably it doesn’t ever switch back to normal as far as I can tell, it only swaps to the opposite of what it should be. | ||||
| Additional Information | I have two monitors, and play DF in full screen mode on my main monitor. I updated keyboard drivers and have reset my caps lock key hundreds of times at this point. I have unplugged and plugged back in my keyboard, updated windows, restarted computer, etc. | ||||
| Tags | caps lock | ||||
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I apologize, I forgot to mention that I am using DFHack as well, if that makes a difference. |
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DF uses SDL. Not unique in terms of keyboard handling. What exactly does it mean to "reset your caps lock"? I can't find documentation on what ctrl+shift+capslock does, exactly. If your keyboard has a light on the caps lock key, is that light changing? |
| Date Modified | Username | Field | Change |
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| 2025-02-18 15:30 | Berserknurple | New Issue | |
| 2025-02-18 15:30 | Berserknurple | Tag Attached: caps lock | |
| 2025-02-18 15:32 | Berserknurple | Note Added: 0042561 | |
| 2025-02-21 20:44 | lethosor | Note Added: 0042567 | |
| 2025-02-21 20:45 | lethosor | Note Edited: 0042567 |
