Color Picker exits whenever backspace key is pressed

[Sync-67]

Microsoft PowerToys version

v0.81.1

Installation method

PowerToys auto-update

Running as admin

Yes

Area(s) with issue?

ColorPicker

Steps to reproduce

1. Start Color Picker with the default shortcut (Win Shift C).
2. Click on another window to move focus there (eg. click and type "test" in a web browser address bar).
3. Press the backspace key.
4. Color Picker will close.

✔️ Expected Behavior

With focus on another window, pressing the backspace key should have no effect on color picker.
Color picker should stay open if I'm typing in another window and press the backspace key.

❌ Actual Behavior

When a different window has focus (eg. typing in a browser address bar) pressing the backspace key will close color picker.

Also, if you typed "test" in the address bar, pressing the backspace key with color picker open has no effect in the active window — ie. the last "t" won't be deleted, and color picker closes instead. Once color picker is closed, the backspace key can be used normally in the active window.

Other Software

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[BananenRitter]

Same issue, even if i am in a textfield in a different program and typed some letters before hitting backspace

[TheMikeyRoss]

Same here

[AlizarinRed]

Also having this issue on the current version.

[portable-hole]

Same, but this bug has been present for a long time.