Dorico 6 Pro 6.0.20 “Option + Shift + B triggers ‘ı’ and activates Insert Mode on macOS”

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Hi Dorico team,

I’d like to report an issue I encountered on macOS when trying to use the key combination Option + Shift + B in note input mode.

Issue Summary:
When pressing Option + Shift + B during note input, Dorico receives the Unicode character ı (U+0131, Latin Small Letter Dotless I). As a result, it interprets this as the I key and unexpectedly activates Insert Mode.

Steps to Reproduce:

  1. Open Dorico on macOS.
  2. Go into note input mode.
  3. Press Option + Shift + B.
  4. Notice that Insert Mode is toggled.

Expected Behavior:
Nothing should happen, or the key combination should be usable as a customizable shortcut (e.g., to enter a B an octave above).

Actual Behavior:
Insert Mode is turned on because Dorico receives the Unicode ı character and treats it as if the user pressed I.

Environment:

  • Dorico version: [Dorico 6 Pro 6.0.20]
  • OS: macOS [Sequoia 15.5]
  • Keyboard layout: U.S. (ABC)

Additional Notes:

  • This behavior occurs even with the default U.S. or ABC input sources.
  • Option + Shift + B produces the dotless “ı” character system-wide on macOS.
  • This makes it impossible to assign that key combination to any action in Dorico, and it may cause accidental Insert Mode toggles.

Suggestion:
It would be great if Dorico could distinguish between actual key presses (I) and character input (ı) when handling shortcuts, or ignore non-standard Unicode characters in shortcut detection.

Thanks for your attention!

Best regards,
Mask & Revelation

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IIRC, this is a known limitation of the Qt development framework, and had been reported before.

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Indeed, unfortunately it has never been possible to use the shortcut Shift+Option+B in Dorico on macOS. The Qt team are aware of the problem but as yet no fix has been forthcoming.

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Thank you for your answer~ I changed the key command in insert mode to Ctrl+i to solve the temporary problem. It would have been great if Dorico was made based on cocoa. Of course, it’s good if Apple cooperates with this part