Command menu key mapping & unexpected results

[DuckHunter]

Sorry for being long winded on this.  On an Asus G20AJ I7-4790 3.6GHz w/16GB DDR3, Crucial P3-2TB SSD, GeForce RTX-4060Ti, ASUS XG49V, Saitek Pro Flight X-55 Rhino Stick, Throttle, & Flight Rudder Pedals, two (2) Total Controls MPD overlayed on VSDISPLAY 10.4 Inch 800x600 Portable LCD Monitor using Helios for viewports, VPC Rotor TCS PLUS with VPC Apache-64/Hawk-60 Collectives. TrackIR, Koolertron 48 Programmable Keyboard (Apache KU) with WOB Keycaps.

Koolertron keyboard mapped to DCS Apache KU entries, the TrackIR recenter mapped to the pinky paddle, all other mapping accomplished within DCS. With Pilot & CPG/Gunner Selections on the X55 Stick Joy5 (Round Pinky) for L-Ctrl (Modifier) pressed, L-MPD T1-6 Mapped to F1-6 views, R-MPD T1,4-6 mapped to F7,10-12 views. Command menu section Left MPD T1-6 Mapped to Command menu 1-6, R-MPD T1-6 mapped to Command menu 7-12. R-MPD-* mapped to Pilot & CPG/Gunner Communication menu. When in the 3d world, hit R-MPD-* to bring up the Communication menu, select R-MPD-T3 (Command Menu Item 8[Rearm-refuel]) nothing happens. Manually hit on the keyboard LShift+Tab then Command menus work as expected, so I mapped the L-MPD-* to "Command Menu-Command switch dialog". Start process all over and again nothing happens, hit the newly mapped L-MPD-* and still nothing happens, manually hit on keyboard LShift+Tab then Command menus work as expected.

Is this a bug, or am I missing a step to activate to the mapped Command menu buttons away from the mapped F1-12 views without hitting the Keyboard LShift+Tab?

My end state is to utilize the computer keyboard and mouse as little as possible and replicate their use on the MPD's.

That is all!

DuckHunter Out

[Raptor9]

@DuckHunter, I'm afraid I don't understand what are reporting.

[DuckHunter]

All of the following keys mapped to the Total Controls MPD's top row 1-6 buttons with a L-Ctrl modifier.

Pilot/Copilot-Gunner: F1-12 keys Mapped for Views and work as expected.

Command menu: F1-12 keys are mapped for the Commands.

When the Command menu "\" is activated (Selections are visible), the MPD Mapped keys for F1-12 still change the views.

The commands are not selectable UNTIL you L-Shift+Tab are pressed on the keyboard then the commands are selectable with the views now disabled.

Even mapping L-Shift+Tab on the MPD elsewhere will not make the commands selectable, selections are only available after L-Shift+Tab on the keyboard are pressed.

I just thought these mappings should work in the same way my Symbology Select Switch hat switch doubling as the George AI hat switch without any other required keyboard entries to activate George AI.

Sorry about the confusion.

DuckHunter Out