Mac keyboard shortcuts not working on iOS Simulator

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Ashok picture Ashok · Oct 31, 2017 · Viewed 8.9k times · Source

All the mac keyboard short cuts like Cmd + Q (Quit Simulator app), Cmd + K (Toggle keyboard hide/show in Simulator) etc has stopped workings for iOS Simulator app since this morning suddenly.

All other apps, including Xcode, shows the shortcut in menus and they are working fine.

I noticed, the shortcut keys shows up against menu items momentarily on launch of simulator but then disappears completely (see attached)...

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I tried following but no success...

  • Launch simulator (Open Xcode project and then menu Product > Run. And, directly through menu Xcode > Open Developer Tools).

  • Erase All Content and Settings in Simulator...

  • Restart Mac

Xcode 9.0.1 (9A1004) | Mac 10.13 (17A405)

Answer

russbishop picture russbishop · Nov 14, 2017

You might have enabled (checked) the "Send all keyboard shortcuts to device" mode. It's in the Hardware > Keyboard submenu.

Pressing both Left and Right Cmd keys at the same time will exit keyboard capturing mode and re-enable menu shortcuts.

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