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Detecting PowerToys Keyboard Manager key remaps #14470

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Description

@ndc

PowerToys Keyboard Manager is a tool to remap keys in a keyboard. I use this tool to remap my laptop keys because I use 'home' and 'end' keys much more frequently than 'insert' and 'delete'. Notepad++ used to be able to detect the key remapping but the latest version doesn't. The 'insert' and 'delete' buttons become 'insert' and 'delete', ignoring the remap.

Steps to Reproduce the Issue

  1. Install PowerToys.
  2. Using Keyboard Manager remap 'insert' to 'home', 'delete' to 'end'.
  3. Press 'insert' and 'delete'

Expected Behavior

The cursor goes to the beginning of the line then to the end of the line.

Actual Behavior

Edit mode changes to overwrite and then deletes the character under the cursor.

Debug Information

Notepad++ v8.6 (64-bit)
Build time : Nov 23 2023 - 16:58:44
Path : C:\Program Files\Notepad++\notepad++.exe
Command Line : "C:\mysolutions\mysolution.sln"
Admin mode : OFF
Local Conf mode : OFF
Cloud Config : OFF
OS Name : Windows 11 Enterprise (64-bit)
OS Version : 22H2
OS Build : 22621.2715
Current ANSI codepage : 1252
Plugins :
mimeTools (2.9)
NppConverter (4.5)
NppExport (0.4)

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