Issue with command input conflicting with macOS keyboard shortcuts?

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Hi,

There seems to be an issue in Rhino 8 for macOS - I’m currently on 8.7 (8.7.24138.15432, 2024-05-17) on Sonoma -, when switching from one “view” or panel to another and you start typing to enter a specific command.
Now, when the start of the command (i.e. first character) conflicts with a default macOS system keyboard shortcut, the macOS specific key bound action happens, before you can finish inputting the Rhino command.

I’ve noticed this quite frequently in Rhino 8 now, but wasn’t able to faithfully reproduce it.

To reproduce:

  1. switch from a 4 perspective viewport panel layout with the Top view active to an existing layout by double-clicking it in the Layout panel, docked to the bottom right of the Rhino window
  2. once the layout view pops up, immediately start typing for instance export
  3. the Emoji & Symbols window from the macOS menu bar should pop up straight away, when you hit E

This behavior isn’t exclusive to the above case, but instead happens quite often.

I guess it has to do with view switching and Rhino thus becoming inactive as an application, or something.

Thanks for taking a look.

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It is not necessary to double click. It is enough to click in the Layouts panel to ensure it has input focus.

Logged as: RH-82180 Layouts panel with focus causes E-key to trigger emojis dialog

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