I'm not able to set the shortcut with cmd+opt+ctrl + left arrow to move left. (⌘⌥⌃←)

[gwthm-in]

I was using shift it and hammer-spoon which do not work correctly on my machine. So I moved to Rectangle and it works like a charm to move to the next screen which wasn't with Shiftit and Hammerspoon.

I'm trying to set the shortcuts compatible with Hammerspoon, so I tried to set

To move to Left Half I tried to set (cmd+ctrl+opt+left arrow) ⌘⌥⌃←, but it doesn't record. Is there a way to achieve it?

macOS version: Ventura 13.1 (22C65)
Rectangle version: 0.66 (72)

[rxhanson]

First try checking the box in the settings tab: "Remove shortcut recorder safeguards".

If you still can't record it, then it's likely being consumed by another app and isn't making it to Rectangle.

I have plans to replace the shortcut recorder in an upcoming release, it's just a matter of getting a block of time I can commit to it. At that time, I'll be able to make some changes to better handle these types of scenarios.

[henkethebenke]

Same issue for me. I have checked the box "Allow all keyboard shortcuts" (roughly translated from Swedish) and it still won't let me bind ctrl-opt-cmd-left and right, however up and down works. Version 0.66 and I'm using Ventura 13.2.1.

[lucasfeliciano]

Same issue here!
I'm coming from Moom, and I was setting up the same layouts that I had there
I manged to set most of them but the cmd+ctrl+opt+s ⌘⌥⌃s doesn't go through :(

[savetheclocktower]

I was all ready to say that this issue was happening for me as well, but it turned out that ⌘⌥⌃← and ⌘⌥⌃→ were already claimed by different shortcuts in Rectangle. I don't think this is the case for the original bug reporter (if that first screenshot is accurate) but it might be useful for others who encounter this bug.

Once I cleared the shortcuts for “Next Display” and “Previous Display,” I was able to assign ⌘⌥⌃← and ⌘⌥⌃→ to “Left Half” and “Right Half,” respectively.

I think it might still be considered a bug that the shortcut recorder appears not to be able to listen properly for a shortcut that's already assigned. I'm sure it's complicated under the hood, but it seems like…

If you still can't record it, then it's likely being consumed by another app and isn't making it to Rectangle.

…turned out to be true — only the shortcuts were being consumed by Rectangle themselves and still weren't making it to the shortcut recorder. Maybe a workaround would be to have the keyboard shortcuts screen indicate somehow when Rectangle is reacting to a shortcut — if the “Next Display” shortcut had flashed when I pressed ⌘⌥⌃→, I'd have more quickly realized what was going on.

(I was able to understand that Rectangle itself was responding to the shortcut by using Shortcut Detective — made by the same folks that made SizeUp, the software I've installed Rectangle to replace.)

[step21]

I have a similar issue. At first I couldn't bind ⌥⌘↑ to put the window into the top half. Then after restarting or sth it just was there and worked. But now after some time it stopped working. When I try to rebind it, it doesn't work, but if I cancel rebinding it is still there. I couldn't find any system shortcuts or other apps that use it so far. Shortcut detective doesn't seem to catch it either. It is not a hardware thing, as in other combinations/apps the keys on the keyboard all work. And "allow all shortcuts" is also ticked.

[rxhanson]

This still points to the shortcut being captured elsewhere, although I still don't have a good way to get to the bottom of it. Have you tried quitting every single running 3rd party app, trying the shortcut after each one to narrow it down?

[step21]

Thanks. I'll try that, but so far haven't found any app that would re-enable it by closing it.