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Ctrl+C not captured when waiting on Console.ReadKey

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I’m building an interactive console app where arguments can be specified on the command line, or the user will be asked to enter the argument values at run-time.

According to the docs, ConsoleAppFramework handles the cancel event? I’ve set the shutdown time to zero so I’d expect the app to terminate immediately on Ctrl+C even tho we’re waiting on the user.

I’ve tried handling Ctrl+C myself by setting Console.TreatControlCAsInput = true and checking the returned key info. This seems to work in debug but not when running in release mode.

Any help would be appreciated.

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Created a year ago
Comments:7 (3 by maintainers)

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neuecccommented, Jun 20, 2022

I’ve found bug of console-lifetime handling please wait a moment, I’ll fix it.

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jamesfostercommented, Jun 22, 2022

Thanks, I’ll check it out.

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