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Moneydance periodically stops accepting keyboard input

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jason

08 Feb, 2026 12:38 AM

Periodically, maybe ever 45 minutes or so, Moneydance stops accepting keyboard input. I'm working along, editing imported transactions. Maybe I go to Chrome to go to the financial institution to double check something. Or maybe I go to another application. I go back to Moneydance and the keyboard does nothing. The mouse still works but I can't edit a transaction. I have to close Moneydance and reopen it.

Version: 2024.4
Linux Mint 22.3 Zena

Output from Dev console:

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Welcome to the interactive development console for Moneydance 2024.4(5253)
Java version: 21.0.5, Jython version: 2.7.2(final), running on Linux(6.8.0-94-generic) amd64(intel64)
Use the variable 'moneydance' to access Moneydance's API...
example: 'moneydance.getUI()' for the GUI, and 'moneydance.getCurrentAccountBook()' for the dataset
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1. 1 Posted by jason on 08 Feb, 2026 12:41 AM

   

   Just happened no more than 5 minutes after my last restart. I edited the description of two different transactions. Then I hit Ctl-Enter a few times to confirm the next couple of transactions. I hit Ctl-Enter again and nothing. No keyboard input accepted.

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2. 2 Posted by jason on 08 Feb, 2026 12:44 AM

   

   And again. After restarting I hit Ctl-Enter twice in a row and no keyboard input. Nothing in the dev console.

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3. 3 Posted by jason on 08 Feb, 2026 12:47 AM

   

   I confirmed the remaining transactions with the mouse. No issues. Keyboard is still working. Seems to be Ctl-Enter two times in a row is the problem.

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4. 4 Posted by jason on 08 Feb, 2026 01:00 AM

   

   Maybe not just Ctl-Enter twice. Happened after I entered a transaction in a securities account.

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5. 5 Posted by dwg on 08 Feb, 2026 01:03 AM

   

   The Dev console is not what we are usually after, it is the Moneydance error log which is the Moneydance menu item Help => Console Log. You were in the Window menu item, completely different console.

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6. 6 Posted by jason on 08 Feb, 2026 01:05 AM

   

   Thank you. The next time it happens I'll get the logs from there.

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7. 7 Posted by Bob Englert on 13 Feb, 2026 01:24 PM

   

   I have occasionally ran into the same problem on an older laptop running Linux Mint 22.3. Keyboard works fine outside of MD. I use the mouse to cancel any transaction I cannot finish entering and close and restart MD to get it working again.

   I would be interested in any advice on ho to resolve this.

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8. 8 Posted by rentable.spelle... on 20 Feb, 2026 02:42 AM

   

   This started happening to me repeatedly just in the past couple weeks. Today, it happened so often I couldn't use Moneydance for more than 2 minutes before having to restart the program due to the program losing keyboard input. This is strange - I've been using Moneydance for several years and never had this issue before. See log.

   Linux LMDE v7 (Cinnamon desktop)
   Moneydance 2024.4

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9. 9 Posted by rentable.spelle... on 03 Mar, 2026 12:51 AM

   

   Any comments/suggestions from the devs? This is a considerable problem. If I need to forward the issue to someone/somewhere else, please advise and I'll do so. FYI only - I am a paid/registered user.

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10. 10 Posted by Bob Englert on 03 Mar, 2026 01:27 AM

    

    From what I can determine, I am only seeing this on my Linux Mint secondary laptops.

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