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Re:VS Code inserting 'Co-Authored-by Copilot' into commits r... by Terr_ on Sunday May 03, 2026 @02:38AM (#47994038)
> But they insisted. E.g hijack brosser native controls.

[Rant-Example] The goshdarn ticketing-system hijacks alt-f, so that instead of opening the File menu of my browser, and instead toggles the favorite-status of whatever ticket I happen to be viewing.

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Re:VS Code inserting 'Co-Authored-by Copilot' into commits r... by walletdrainer on Sunday May 03, 2026 @06:27AM (#47995489)
Have you tried creating a ticket complaining about this?
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Re:VS Code inserting 'Co-Authored-by Copilot' into commits r... by cineticdaffodil on Sunday May 03, 2026 @08:11AM (#47996153)
Press alt f to pay respect with the "respect my AI.thority" subscription
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Re:VS Code inserting 'Co-Authored-by Copilot' into commits r... by Terr_ on Sunday May 03, 2026 @01:37PM (#47999374)
I did, and they probably don't care because they want everyone to use the electron app instead.
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Re:VS Code inserting 'Co-Authored-by Copilot' into commits r... by twic on Sunday May 03, 2026 @09:03AM (#47996563)
A mistake was made early on even letting web apps see keystrokes like that. In a better world, modifier keys were used in a principled way from the start - only the window manager gets to see meta-anything, only the shell or GUI app gets to see control-anything, and web apps can work with alt-anything.
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