Cannot type brackets or braces in Pycharm

For spanish keyboard the only solution for the moment is

Help->Edit custom properties

add

com.jetbrains.use.old.keyevent.processing=true

This is a BUG and a critical one from user perspective

I followed some age ole instruction in this ticket: https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/IDEA-88508

Adding "actionSystem.force.alt.gr=true" to the bottom of the ...\bin\idea.properties file "solved" the issue for me.

Same in Spanish keyboard.. but in CLion 2019.1 works ¿¿??

Same for me with German Keyboard.

Just installed PyCharm 2019.1 Comm Edition and have the same problem with German keyboard.

Not possible to insert any character requiring the Alt-Gr key, e.g. curly braces and square brackets which are essential for programming.

Same problem with Scandinavian keyboard

Same problem with Swiss-German keyboard, cannot write [, ], {, }

Same for me with french keyboard

Same problem. The fix worked though ty !

ps: FR keyboard

I had a same issue with Finish keyboard. I fixed that issue by going to Help and then Edit Custom Properties. It will immediately open a file where u need to put this: actionSystem.force.alt.gr=true  , then just save it. I needed to save it with a new name. Then close pycharm and restart.

"For spanish keyboard the only solution for the moment is

Help->Edit custom properties

add

com.jetbrains.use.old.keyevent.processing=true" 

Don't know what to do next, save? or what?

Same trouble with belgian keyboard and all AltGr combinations on PyCharm 2019.1

@Matthias Manhertz: Thank you, that worked in my case! Would still like to see the bug fixed though.

Work for me too!

Worked for me using SWE keyboard. Not being able to enter { or [ is rather fundamental when coding in Python.

PS! The 2019.1 version was installed over the 2018.3.4 folder in my case so I uninstall 2018.3.4 by first install 2019.1, then copy Uninstall.exe from the 2019.1 bin folder to the 2018.3.4 folder, uninstalled 2019.1 (just in case), rebooted and installed again. Plus the actionSystem.force.alt.gr=true fix and now it's working.

Same here.

German keyboard, Ideavim.

Workaround solved.

ty

Same problem here, Swiss German keyboard. After installing pyCharm 2019.1Could not type any brackets and even the dash: {}[]#... quite annoying.

The workaround `actionSystem.force.alt.gr=true` in the `idea.properties` file solved it, but I was expecting an update to solve this.

If Jetbrains is flooded with support requests about this issue maybe they will release an update I guess... else thx google for being my friend and making me find this post. Thanks @Matthias for sharing the fix.

Not working with  Belgium period keyboard on Win 10 1809.

Adding "actionSystem.force.alt.gr=true" to the bottom of the ...\bin\idea.properties file "solved" the issue 

Double checked that this addition is needed to get AltGr active.

I am having the same issue with a Spanish keyboard (Windows 10)

Everyone who is affected, please try the following workaround: https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/PY-34816#focus=streamItem-27-3366765.0-0

It also explains the root cause and when the issue will be resolved

Same thing. Working with PyCharm 2019.1.2 downloaded today may9  and I can´t write left braces [ { with the spanish keyboard on Mac. Can do it on the english keyboard but that is a problem. Tried to change  actionSystem.force.alt.gr but it was already false (with ALT CMND SHIFT SLASH and then Registry). I am evaluating PyCharm for my company and this thing is a no-go.

Hi Dmitri, I am sorry for the inconvenience, we are investigating the problem with Spanish layout. Please follow the dedicated ticket for updates https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/JBR-1421

Works perfectly, thanks @Gatacapone!!!

Also works for me with Spanish keyboard. Thanks @Gatacapone!

Spanish keyboard here, @Gatacapone solution worked but none of the others dit.

What a inexplicable f*** up JetBrains, this seems to have been around for months and no definitive solutions were provided

Same with PyCharm

My PyCharm did the same. I had to downgrade it to 2018.3.5 to solve it.

Same comments here for Spanish keyboard, PyCharm 2019.1.3. Thanks a lot, @Gatacapone 

Updating to the latest version solved the issue for me in a Spanish layout on a MacBook pro 2019. Here is the info of the version I am using now where the issue is fixed:

PyCharm 2019.2 (Community Edition)
Build #PC-192.5728.105, built on July 23, 2019
Runtime version: 11.0.3+12-b304.10 x86_64
VM: OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM by JetBrains s.r.o
macOS 10.14.5
GC: ParNew, ConcurrentMarkSweep
Memory: 725M
Cores: 16
Registry: actionSystem.force.alt.gr=true
Non-Bundled Plugins: net.seesharpsoft.intellij.plugins.csv