I have some problems with Keyman which I wanted to explain by the means of some screen shots, but this discussion doesn’t allow me to upload a .pdf and only allows the upload of some of the .jpg files that I made from the .pdf.
Because this program won’t allow the uploading of more than one .jpg file I can’t explain fully what the problem is. What I wanted to say with screen shots but can’t is the following:’
Just now when I try to type capital M, instead of getting M, I get the keyman desktop window popping up (I was trying to set up a Zoom meeting and type the word ‘Meeting’)
When I later tried to type capital K I get the additional small Keyman keyboard popping up:
This smaller keyboard icon only disappears when I go back to Keyman program and click on ‘On Screen keyboard’
I am wanting to promote the use of Keyman among some of the minority language communities in Northeast India, but I would like to understand why Keyman is causing the popping up of windows so that if friends in India and Myanmar have this problem I can explain.
This is an issue I have seen before but have not yet tracked the root cause for it. Fortunately there is a simple workaround while we research a proper fix.
This problem arises when Keyman thinks the modifier keys Shift and Alt are down.
Workaround: Press and release each of the modifier keys to reset the modifier state.
Thank you Marc for your clear explanation. I had begun to think it might be something like that. I will try what you suggest when I next have the problem.
Stephen
Thank you so much for your response. According to my computer, the version of Keyman I have is Keyman Desktop 13.0
The problem I’ve been having is when I’m in the default English keyboard on windows and the Keyman suddenly seems to ‘take over’; this may be, as Marc Durdin suggested, due to the keys sticking.