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resul_the_turke
11 months ago
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alt + tab accidentally due to key layout ingame :c

Hello dear readers, 

i now run into a very annoying issue, for already i'd say 1,5 Years playing apex.

I have my sprint key on tab(tabulator) and my crouch key on alt(left alt) and the thing what happens now, when im in a midfight scenario i sometimes just accidentally tab out of my game and just start standing still for 2-5 secs, which got me killed a dozens of times...

i started using a third party tool called autohotkey, which basically just disabled the alt tab shortcut from Windows, but now my game starts crashing and detecting it as a kind of third party cheat tool(anti cheat issue), i also tried PowerToys from the microsotft store but it won't work either. 

I am strongly against changing my key layout and would appreciate help regarding on solving the issue and not any tipps to just redo my key layout ingame, due to this being my last option :x

I already wanna thank anybody, even trying to help.

Peace, Resul :D

  • Asmodeus566's avatar
    Asmodeus566
    11 months ago

    @resul_the_turkey 

    You will not like my suggestion but it is probably the best and safest way to go about this.

    1. Do not use third party software for key mapping it can and will land you account in trouble at some point.

    2. Re-map you key binds in game.

    I know you do not want to do point #2 but it is way safer than ignoring point #1. 

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  • Asmodeus566's avatar
    Asmodeus566
    Hero+
    11 months ago

    @resul_the_turkey 

    You will not like my suggestion but it is probably the best and safest way to go about this.

    1. Do not use third party software for key mapping it can and will land you account in trouble at some point.

    2. Re-map you key binds in game.

    I know you do not want to do point #2 but it is way safer than ignoring point #1. 

  • TheGreatBambula's avatar
    TheGreatBambula
    Rising Newcomer
    11 months ago


    Hi, Resul. I meet almost same problem (I use alt for crouch), but I also used autohotkey for disable win, alt+esc and alt+f4. As I saw that there is no solution from respawn for ppl like you and me I decide to learn basic programming for made my own solution. I made simple python script for myself that rebind some keys, and, since I learn how to do it, I decide to do it for you as well. There is simple stages:

    1) instal python (nothing hard, you can easily google how to do it, also it's free)

    2) open command line (press win+R, type "cmd", press enter)

    3) in the command line type "pip install keyboard", press enter and wait until it will be instaled, then you can close the window (it will instal python library that we need for the script to work)

    4) create text file in any place (you can replace it later) and give it any name, but change filename extension from ".txt" to ".py" (it's python file extension)

    5) edit the file with any text app (notepad is ok)

    6) past in the file following text:

    import time
    import keyboard

    try:
    keyboard.remap_key('tab', 'shift')
    while True:
    1 == 1

    time.sleep(1000)

    except KeyboardInterrupt:
    print("end of the program")

    7) each time you will run it, there will be blank black window of working script. While it working "alt+tab" will not tab-out you and tab key will work as sprint, but it need sprint to be binded to shift in apex. For canceling effect of the script just close the black window.

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