`ctrl + shift + f` does not work while in editor

[bilogic]

Does this issue occur when all extensions are disabled?: Yes, see vscode.dev

• VS Code Version:
• OS Version:
  Version: 1.85.1
  Commit: 0ee08df
  Date: 2023-12-13T09:49:35.427Z
  Browser: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/120.0.0.0 Safari/537.36

Steps to Reproduce:

1. See video
2. ctrl + shift + e works in editor
3. ctrl + shift + f does not work in editor
4. But pressing ctrl + shift + f works if in explorer

vid.mp4

[ulugbekna]

I can't repro, but I see from your screencast that ctrl+shift+f isn't reaching the keybinding service of vscode while in editor, so I suspect chrome or some plugin you have has the same shortcut and processes it before the event reaches vscode.

Could you try invoking ctrl+shift+e on this website and see if all events are caught? A screencast would be great

[bilogic]

Thanks for getting back. I tried again and it works as it should now.

I did check through the keyboard shortcuts of my Chrome extensions before opening this issue, but since it works now, let's consider this closed. I will update again with better info if it comes back.

[bilogic]

The problem is back and here are more thoughts:

Since ctrl+shift+f reached in VSCode explorer, why would Chrome and its extensions be suspect?

Here is the screencast you requested, ctrl+shift+e and ctrl+shift+f looks a bit different to me though

vid.mp4

[bilogic]

It seems that when the issue occurs, ctrl+shift+f keydown does not reach the webpage

[renxida]

I'm having similar issues, except I'm running VS Code desktop client on windows.

With the editor focused, I get the following log. It looks like the "f" key isn't reaching KeyBindingService.

2024-01-04 10:10:21.106 [info] [KeybindingService]: / Soft dispatching keyboard event
2024-01-04 10:10:21.106 [info] [KeybindingService]: \ Keyboard event cannot be dispatched
2024-01-04 10:10:21.107 [info] [KeybindingService]: / Received  keydown event - modifiers: [ctrl], code: ControlLeft, keyCode: 17, key: Control
2024-01-04 10:10:21.107 [info] [KeybindingService]: | Converted keydown event - modifiers: [ctrl], code: ControlLeft, keyCode: 5 ('Ctrl')
2024-01-04 10:10:21.107 [info] [KeybindingService]: \ Keyboard event cannot be dispatched in keydown phase.
2024-01-04 10:10:21.109 [info] [KeybindingService]: / Soft dispatching keyboard event
2024-01-04 10:10:21.109 [info] [KeybindingService]: \ Keyboard event cannot be dispatched
2024-01-04 10:10:21.109 [info] [KeybindingService]: / Received  keydown event - modifiers: [ctrl,shift], code: ShiftLeft, keyCode: 16, key: Shift
2024-01-04 10:10:21.109 [info] [KeybindingService]: | Converted keydown event - modifiers: [ctrl,shift], code: ShiftLeft, keyCode: 4 ('Shift')
2024-01-04 10:10:21.109 [info] [KeybindingService]: \ Keyboard event cannot be dispatched in keydown phase.
2024-01-04 10:10:21.574 [info] [KeybindingService]: + Ignoring single modifier ctrl due to it being pressed together with other keys.

When I focus anywhere other than the editor, I get this

2024-01-04 10:11:06.718 [info] [KeybindingService]: / Soft dispatching keyboard event
2024-01-04 10:11:06.718 [info] [KeybindingService]: \ Keyboard event cannot be dispatched
2024-01-04 10:11:06.718 [info] [KeybindingService]: / Received  keydown event - modifiers: [ctrl], code: ControlLeft, keyCode: 17, key: Control
2024-01-04 10:11:06.718 [info] [KeybindingService]: | Converted keydown event - modifiers: [ctrl], code: ControlLeft, keyCode: 5 ('Ctrl')
2024-01-04 10:11:06.719 [info] [KeybindingService]: \ Keyboard event cannot be dispatched in keydown phase.
2024-01-04 10:11:06.774 [info] [KeybindingService]: / Soft dispatching keyboard event
2024-01-04 10:11:06.774 [info] [KeybindingService]: \ Keyboard event cannot be dispatched
2024-01-04 10:11:06.775 [info] [KeybindingService]: / Received  keydown event - modifiers: [ctrl,shift], code: ShiftLeft, keyCode: 16, key: Shift
2024-01-04 10:11:06.775 [info] [KeybindingService]: | Converted keydown event - modifiers: [ctrl,shift], code: ShiftLeft, keyCode: 4 ('Shift')
2024-01-04 10:11:06.775 [info] [KeybindingService]: \ Keyboard event cannot be dispatched in keydown phase.
2024-01-04 10:11:06.902 [info] [KeybindingService]: / Soft dispatching keyboard event
2024-01-04 10:11:06.903 [info] [KeybindingService]: | Resolving ctrl+shift+F
2024-01-04 10:11:06.903 [info] [KeybindingService]: \ From 3 keybinding entries, matched workbench.action.findInFiles, when: no when condition, source: built-in.
2024-01-04 10:11:06.903 [info] [KeybindingService]: / Received  keydown event - modifiers: [ctrl,shift], code: KeyF, keyCode: 70, key: F
2024-01-04 10:11:06.903 [info] [KeybindingService]: | Converted keydown event - modifiers: [ctrl,shift], code: KeyF, keyCode: 36 ('F')
2024-01-04 10:11:06.903 [info] [KeybindingService]: | Resolving ctrl+shift+F
2024-01-04 10:11:06.904 [info] [KeybindingService]: \ From 3 keybinding entries, matched workbench.action.findInFiles, when: no when condition, source: built-in.
2024-01-04 10:11:06.904 [info] [KeybindingService]: + Invoking command workbench.action.findInFiles.
2024-01-04 10:11:07.190 [info] [KeybindingService]: + Ignoring single modifier ctrl due to it being pressed together with other keys.

and ctrl+shift+f is successfully triggered.

[bilogic]

I like to emphasize, this issue is very intermittent. Hope we lean on trying to reproduce it rather than classify it as isolated cases.

[bilogic]

More and more keys are randomly not working, e.g. home, end when typing a commit message, to fix, I had to close the vscode window and open it again. However Chrome did not restart, implying that Chrome extensions were not restarted

[bilogic]

Each time I face this, I have to press ctrl+shift+e to jump into explorer first, then press ctrl+shift+f works. I can't quite comprehend how this can be caused by Chrome.

[renxida]

(ctrl+shift+f is currently working for me again)
Thanks @bilogic for the ctrl+shift+e idea. Great temporary fix for next time it stops working.

[bilogic]

@ulugbekna

What other info do you need?

[vscodenpa]

Hey @ulugbekna, this issue might need further attention.

@bilogic, you can help us out by closing this issue if the problem no longer exists, or adding more information.