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MrTechineer
2 years ago
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Battlefield 2042 exits fullscreen when I hit spacebar

The game runs smooth as butter and it's been a relatively good experience so far since I started playing last weekend. With the minor exception of the game getting minimized/exiting fullscreen mode ...
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    MrTechineer
    2 years ago

    Thanks for your response.

    I have found the cause and intended to post it here, just hadn't gotten around to it yet.

    The issue was caused by Windows PowerToys, in which space was assigned as a special character selection shortcut. Normally you would write a letter and then hold spacebar while selecting a special character from the interface using arrow keys, but it seems this is integrated like a separate window and it automatically focuses on that, thereby minimizing the game. Disabling this functionality in PowerToys fixed the issue.

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DarthFDG
Hero+
2 years ago

First thing I would try is resetting bindings in game to default.

This assumes you don't have other keyboard/mouse software controlling your keyboard.

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MrTechineer
2 years ago

Thanks for your response.

I have found the cause and intended to post it here, just hadn't gotten around to it yet.

The issue was caused by Windows PowerToys, in which space was assigned as a special character selection shortcut. Normally you would write a letter and then hold spacebar while selecting a special character from the interface using arrow keys, but it seems this is integrated like a separate window and it automatically focuses on that, thereby minimizing the game. Disabling this functionality in PowerToys fixed the issue.

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