[Help] How to Disable Alt-key navigation / Alt-key functionality seems to be active all the time?

Hey,

A few days ago I may have pressed a shortcut I didn't know about or my settings changed.. I don't know.

But my Rider IDE has gone into this state where the Alt-key functionality (e.g. Top menu bar navigation or the helpful "Using directive.." pop up message) is active at all times.

As seen in the image. You can see that the Top menu bar navigation with keyboard shortcuts are active by the underscored letters in each menu (e.g. the 'F' in File)

 

It's the same menu bar navigation you see in VS Code.

When you press the Alt-key once the top bar navigation with keyboard shortcuts becomes "active", like so:

Pressing the Alt-key a second time makes it inactive again, like so:

But this doesn't seem to be the case with Rider.

This is really annoying as I use my Left Alt key for shortcuts in my AHK-Script.

I have tried:

  • Resetting the keyboard shortcuts.
  • Completely disabling my AHK-Scripts and program.
  • Changing the Rider Keymap to a different makes the "Alt-key" functionality work as before sometimes. But the Top navigation bar is still "active".

Is there a "Factory reset" for Rider I can use?

I can also just reinstall Rider, but I don't want to do this every time it happens (if it happens again).

So the cause of the issue would be much appreciated.

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Same happened to me I could not use anymore c++ becuse I can't use ALT NumericPad for { and } and just updated yesterday to version 2021 ------- How can I revert to the version before on Rider for Unreal Engine ?

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Hello! 

Thank you for contacting us. I've checked several previous versions of our IDEs and the behaviour was the same. 

I suppose you have the different issues.

Ryosaebaxyz77, thank you for creating the RIDER-59310. If you don't mind, I'll ask you some detils there so our developers could take a look if necessary. 

@..., could you please try first `File | Invalidate caches and restart`? What Rider version do you use? 

As a temporarily workaround, one can disable mnemonics in `File | Settings | Appearance & Behavior | Appearance | Enable mnemonics in menu`. 

Thanks! 

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Hi guys,
Follow these steps to disable the Alt-key functionality:
1. Press Alt + Ctrl + S  OR  File > Settings…
2. Search for ‘mnemonics
3. Click on ‘Appearance
4. Unchecke ‘Enable mnemonics in menu
5. Now you can change your keymap and enjoy!

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