Quick Accent layover stuck

[RABroere]

Microsoft PowerToys version

0.79.0

Installation method

Microsoft Store

Running as admin

No

Area(s) with issue?

Quick Accent

Steps to reproduce

I haven't been able to reproduce this bug or catch any screenshots yet. But multiple times when i am gaming or generally have a lot of keyboard inputs the Quick accent overlay is displayed on the top of the screen and i cannot close it in any way.

✔️ Expected Behavior

The accent overlay disappearing after use

❌ Actual Behavior

The accent overlay is stuck on the top of the screen and the only way to close it is by shutting down the application.

Other Software

No response

[alexchandel]

This happens to me as well. It's more common when I am connected by remote-desktop to the machine (the remote machine has PowerToys installed). Here is a screenshot of such an occurrence a few minutes ago:

Note that it's impossible to close this. Pressing space doesn't cycle it, and it cannot be clicked.

[alexchandel]

At the very least, the Quick Accent popup should respond to mouse clicks and close itself after it's clicked a few times.

[DragonWizard23]

I've had this happen when typing rapidly. I've had success with closing the pop-up by writing another accent afterwards, taking care to hold the keys long enough.

My guess is that it keys are released at the exact moment the pop-up appears, so it doesn't register the input and keeps the pop-up open.

[jcommander]

I've had this issue since ages.
Typing another accent is definitely the quickest way to close it.
Annoying nonetheless

[michael-hawker]

I don't think this is a duplicate of #32047 but is probably related.

I think what may be happening is because of #32047 and the accidental opening of it, if the trigger key is let go before the UI appears, then I believe that it's just getting in the state of waiting for input or something?

Basically, a timing issue between when it's been triggered to appear and its normal expected behavior/usage maybe?

Definitely hard to reproduce in an intentional manner. I've only seen it getting stuck/hung for a couple of seconds when I've been accidentally triggering it due to #32047...

[AndreaLandiArk]

i solved this uninstalling PowerToys

[bblanchon]

This happens to me regularly after reboot, when pressing the first QuickAccent key combo.
I have to repeat the key combo to make it disappear.
After that, it works correctly.