Cannot navigate menu with arrow keys

[dvdvgt]

Hey, I am currently facing the issue that I cannot navigate the menu (either opened with : or CMD+SHIFT+P) using the arrow keys. Using "Developer: Toggle Keyboard Shortcuts Troubleshooting" I get the following log:

2024-09-08 16:58:35.080 [info] [KeybindingService]: / Soft dispatching keyboard event
2024-09-08 16:58:35.081 [info] [KeybindingService]: \ Keyboard event cannot be dispatched
2024-09-08 16:58:35.082 [info] [KeybindingService]: / Received  keydown event - modifiers: [shift], code: ShiftLeft, keyCode: 16, key: Shift
2024-09-08 16:58:35.082 [info] [KeybindingService]: | Converted keydown event - modifiers: [shift], code: ShiftLeft, keyCode: 4 ('Shift')
2024-09-08 16:58:35.082 [info] [KeybindingService]: \ Keyboard event cannot be dispatched in keydown phase.
2024-09-08 16:58:35.082 [info] [KeybindingService]: / Soft dispatching keyboard event
2024-09-08 16:58:35.082 [info] [KeybindingService]: \ Keyboard event cannot be dispatched
2024-09-08 16:58:35.083 [info] [KeybindingService]: / Received  keydown event - modifiers: [shift,meta], code: MetaLeft, keyCode: 91, key: Meta
2024-09-08 16:58:35.083 [info] [KeybindingService]: | Converted keydown event - modifiers: [shift,meta], code: MetaLeft, keyCode: 57 ('Meta')
2024-09-08 16:58:35.083 [info] [KeybindingService]: \ Keyboard event cannot be dispatched in keydown phase.
2024-09-08 16:58:35.284 [info] [KeybindingService]: / Soft dispatching keyboard event
2024-09-08 16:58:35.284 [info] [KeybindingService]: | Resolving shift+meta+[KeyP]
2024-09-08 16:58:35.285 [info] [KeybindingService]: \ From 2 keybinding entries, matched workbench.action.showCommands, when: no when condition, source: built-in.
2024-09-08 16:58:35.285 [info] [KeybindingService]: / Received  keydown event - modifiers: [shift,meta], code: KeyP, keyCode: 80, key: p
2024-09-08 16:58:35.285 [info] [KeybindingService]: | Converted keydown event - modifiers: [shift,meta], code: KeyP, keyCode: 46 ('P')
2024-09-08 16:58:35.285 [info] [KeybindingService]: | Resolving shift+meta+[KeyP]
2024-09-08 16:58:35.285 [info] [KeybindingService]: \ From 2 keybinding entries, matched workbench.action.showCommands, when: no when condition, source: built-in.
2024-09-08 16:58:35.285 [info] [KeybindingService]: + Invoking command workbench.action.showCommands.
2024-09-08 16:58:35.413 [info] [KeybindingService]: + Ignoring single modifier meta due to it being pressed together with other keys.
2024-09-08 16:58:35.667 [info] [KeybindingService]: / Received  keydown event - modifiers: [], code: ArrowDown, keyCode: 40, key: ArrowDown
2024-09-08 16:58:35.668 [info] [KeybindingService]: | Converted keydown event - modifiers: [], code: ArrowDown, keyCode: 18 ('DownArrow')
2024-09-08 16:58:35.668 [info] [KeybindingService]: | Resolving [ArrowDown]
2024-09-08 16:58:35.668 [info] [KeybindingService]: \ From 30 keybinding entries, matched dance.changeInput, when: inputFocus && !textInputFocus, source: user extension silverquark.dancehelix.
2024-09-08 16:58:35.668 [info] [KeybindingService]: + Invoking command dance.changeInput.

So it seems like it matched the command dance.changeInput, while I would expect it to change my selection in the opened menu. Is there a way to change the keybindings to fix this?

Thanks for your help and work on this extension

[ChiefMateStarbuck]

Hello @dvdvgt,

I had the same problem and found a solution. Manually reassign up and down arrows in keybindings.json:

    {
        "key": "down",
        "command": "workbench.action.quickOpenNavigateNext",
        "when": "inQuickOpen && !inputBoxFocus"
    },
    {
        "key": "up",
        "command": "workbench.action.quickOpenNavigatePrevious",
        "when": "inQuickOpen && !inputBoxFocus"
    }

This is more of a hack that does not fix the underlying problem but gets the desired effect.
Hope this helps. Godspeed.

[jameynakama]

Just stopping by to say this is affecting me as well, and driving me insane.