Mac keyboard shortcuts not working on iOS Simulator

Question

All the mac keyboard short cuts like Cmd + Q (Quit Simulator app), Cmd + K (Toggle keyboard hide/show in Simulator) etc has stopped workings for iOS Simulator app since this morning suddenly.

All other apps, including Xcode, shows the shortcut in menus and they are working fine.

I noticed, the shortcut keys shows up against menu items momentarily on launch of simulator but then disappears completely (see attached)...

I tried following but no success...

• Launch simulator (Open Xcode project and then menu Product > Run. And, directly through menu Xcode > Open Developer Tools).

• Erase All Content and Settings in Simulator...

• Restart Mac

Xcode 9.0.1 (9A1004) | Mac 10.13 (17A405)

Lodhia

Answer 1

You might have enabled (checked) the "Send all keyboard shortcuts to device" mode. It's in the Hardware > Keyboard submenu.

Pressing both Left and Right Cmd keys at the same time will exit keyboard capturing mode and re-enable menu shortcuts.

Enjoyment

i.e. you need to DISABLE the "Send All Keyboard Shortcuts To Device" in order to make your keyboard shortcuts work again as the OP expect. – Repress

My good luck i read this second answer. I believe we all prefer not manually deleting internal files unless there is no way around :) – Phonate

This really helped. Thank you so much. I thought I was going crazy or that I screwed up my repo. – Stilu

Thanks that real help. – Healing

Answer 2

You might have disabled(unchecked) "Connect hardware keyboard" option which is in the hardware/keyboard menu. Make sure its checked.

Faria

In my case Connect hardware keyboard was enabled, disabling it worked, thanks anyways for pointing to this +1 – Ovariectomy

Answer 3

You may need to press the esc key on newer versions of the simulator. You can also choose which key stops shortcut capture.

Biskra