adds note about KeePassXC in common pitfalls #1344
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re. getting stuck in secure input mode, disabling `option` key binding
nikitabobko
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Apr 25, 2025
| @@ -710,3 +710,5 @@ You can also use `on-window-detected` to force tile or force float all windows o | |||
| == Common pitfall: keyboard keys handling | |||
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| If you can't make AeroSpace handle some keys in your config, please make sure that you don't have keys conflict with other software that might listen to global keys (e.g. skhd, Karabiner-Elements, Raycast) | |||
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| If you have KeePassXC installed and up-to-date (v2.7.10 at the time of writing), you may notice that bindings which use the `option` key will stop working after some time. This is a known issue where KeePassXC gets stuck in secure input mode (see: https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/issues/11906[#11906]). The recommendation for now is to downgrade to v2.7.9. | |||
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It's not only about KeePassXC. First and foremost, it's a macOS problem (aka "security feature") which is called "secure input" and the paragraph should be phrased this way. When any "security input" field is focused, global opt won't work (e.g. Terminal.app has it in its top menubar Terminal -> Secure Keyboard Entry)
The KeePassXC case is interesting because as it turns out it's possible to break macOS "secure input" in a way that even if the application runs only in background, it can also break global opt key
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re. getting stuck in secure input mode, disabling
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