Whenever I’m composing an email and I try to type capital letters with the Caps Lock key activated, Mailspring becomes non-responsive for a bit (I would say at most 20 seconds). Sometimes I get the OS warning to close the app because it’s not responding, other times it unfreezes after a couple of seconds
Note that nothing happens when I first activate the Caps Lock key, it’s only when I try to type next. This issue happens both when I’m composing an email in a new window and in the reply area inside a thread.
I also checked that I don’t have any key shortcuts tied to the Caps Lock key.
This is of course a very small bug and easy to work around (e.g. using the Shift key for capital letters), but it’s getting annoying.
To Reproduce…
Steps to reproduce the behavior:
Start composing an email (either new window or as a reply in the thread)
Press Caps Lock key to activate capitals
Start typing in capitals mode
Mailspring freezes (typed text does not show up, spinning color mouse cursor)
Mailspring unfreezes after a few seconds, previously typed text shows up
Expected Behavior
To type with the Caps Lock key activated without the app freezing.
I tested this just now on macOS Catalina (v10.15.7) but cannot reproduce the behavior. I’m using the same version of Mailspring. Perhaps this is happening on the newer versions of macOS? Also, are you using an Intel-based Mac or Apple Silicon (like M1/M2, etc.)?
Thanks for the reply. FYI I am testing with an Intel-based Mac mini (Late 2012) using macOS Catalina. I still can’t reproduce the issue. I suspect your issues are related to a third-party desktop/menubar plugin, third-party antivirus software, or a keystroke logger (hopefully not that one).
Glad you’re not seeing the issue on the new M2 Macbook
I just try to avoid using the Caps Lock key.