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      Fifteen15Studios
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      I recently had to re-do my entire setup. I re-installed Raspbian and MM. When all is said and done, MM loads properly, all modules work, but pressing the Alt key doesn’t seem to do anything. I posted on Reddit but the only person to respond says that they experienced the same thing. Just like me, the Alt key worked fine until a fresh install. Any idea why this is happening or how to fix it?

      If it matters, it’s running on a Pi 3B, using pm2 to start MM. I also tried using the sample config file, and it did the same thing.

      https://www.reddit.com/r/MagicMirror/comments/12k0jj5/alt_key_doesnt_work/

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        sdetweil @Fifteen15Studios
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        @Fifteen15Studios try alt-spacebar

        Sam

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          Fifteen15Studios @sdetweil
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          @sdetweil That opened this menu

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            sdetweil @Fifteen15Studios
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            @Fifteen15Studios what menu were you talking about?

            mm is a browser app, so that is it’s frame’s menu,
            I have never seen anything else

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              Fifteen15Studios @sdetweil
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              @sdetweil It used to pop down the browser’s menu. With a File, Tools, etc. I could get it to show developer mode from that menu, and more.

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                sdetweil @Fifteen15Studios
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                @Fifteen15Studios I guess electron must have changed its behavior.

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                  sdetweil @Fifteen15Studios
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                  @Fifteen15Studios I see how to do the disable in code, but we don’t do that.

                  window.removeMenu()

                  I do not see any mention of changing the default behavior or how to enable it

                  Sam

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                    Fifteen15Studios @sdetweil
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                    @sdetweil It only seemed to happen with a fresh install. I had an older version installed that I just continuously updated for months and never had this issue. But with a fresh install, behavior is different. Maybe there’s something that changed in the install script that causes it?

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                      karsten13 @sdetweil
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                      @sdetweil said in Alt Key Doesn't Open Menu:

                      I see how to do the disable in code, but we don’t do that.

                      we are using frame: false in electronOptions

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                        sdetweil @Fifteen15Studios
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                        @Fifteen15Studios well, we upgraded the to a newer version of electron. everyone keeps changing things…

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