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#1 dianer

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Posted 16 October 2011 - 07:50 PM

SpellCatcherX alert for Caps Lock is not working in Lion. When I test in Preferences > Alerts it makes the sound, but when I press the Caps Lock on my keyboard it fails to work.

I use a Microsoft keyboard and have not tested with an Apple keyboard. Did Lion break this for SCX or my keyboard?

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Posted 16 October 2011 - 08:21 PM

View Postdianer, on 16 October 2011 - 07:50 PM, said:

SpellCatcherX alert for Caps Lock is not working in Lion. When I test in Preferences > Alerts it makes the sound, but when I press the Caps Lock on my keyboard it fails to work.

I use a Microsoft keyboard and have not tested with an Apple keyboard. Did Lion break this for SCX or my keyboard?
It's working for me on my MacBook Pro on 10.7.2. I can't imagine why the Caps Lock key on any given keyboard would behave differently than an Apple one.

Are you testing in Alert preferences by clicking the "Alert Me!" button?
Is the "Play" checkbox selected for Caps Lock?
Maybe check that your Alert preferences for Caps Lock are set as you expect for the particular app you're seeing this in - i.e. you're not overriding the Universal setting (by default the Caps Lock alert is not "played").