This is a bug that existed in 2010 and still exists in 2010.5:


I have 2 machines - one with a German keyboard, the other one has a UK keyboard.

On both machines, I cannot simply enter # into the chord sheet. BIAB treats any keyboard layout as US layout, turning # into backslash.

But this only happens if I type directly into the sheet, such that the chord is shown in the tiny text area below the Style button.

If I press Ctrl+F2 to edit the chord in place, keyboard input works properly.


I allready reported this to support@pgmusic.com several times, but I am really disappointed now cause they keep suggesting work arounds like "use the chord builder" or "use shift+3" to enter # (which normally is £ on my UK keyboard and § on my German keyboard).

They finally asked me to place an "improvement request" to the forum, so I did.

But I would not call it an "improvement request", but a BUG REPORT.

Come on! Every other windows app is able to deal with different keyboard layouts because all they have to do is to use the correct API provided by the operating system. Looks like BIAB uses some non-standard way to access the keyboard.

Cheers, Andi