Time and date direct activation should be changed from ) to (

[Eragra3]

Time and date plugin shows ) (closing parenthesis) character as direct activation command.
On my machine it seems to be ( (opening parenthesis).

Maybe it got changed in newer version of PowerToys?

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[Jay-o-Way]

( was changed because it had too many conflicts. @Eragra3 what version are you using?

@mattwojo In other words: Docs are correct.

[Jay-o-Way]

See

• [PowerToys] Docs update for activation command change #3957
• [PowerToys Run] Inline calculations fail when including parentheses -- utilising operator precedence microsoft/PowerToys#18490
• [Settings][Plugin manager] Activation commands: Fix conflict with calc plugin and add warning microsoft/PowerToys#19593

We've included a message at https://learn.microsoft.com/windows/powertoys/run#direct-activation-commands for this exact situation.

[Eragra3]

@Jay-o-Way Hi, sorry I didn't respond earlier.
That's interesting, because it's still ( for me. I am using latest version

And this is what I get

I have mixed region settings, you can see it shows results in polish, I don't know if that's why.
Also I have used PowerToys for quite long time, so maybe something is lingering from previous versions.

[Jay-o-Way]

@Eragra3 probably: the setting was kept from the older settings for the app. Actively changing existing "keywords" was probably too disruptive.

[Eragra3]

Cool, that's ok.
Seems a little bit confusing these settings don't migrate by default, but it's not really a problem for me.

Do you want me to reinstall to confirm?
I think we can close the issue otherwise.

[Jay-o-Way]

@mattwojo Would you like to close this issue and pr 4231 please?