KAP 140 Unable to Adjust Altitude via “Select Altitude Bug” & “Plus/Minus” Keybinds

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Are you using Developer Mode or made changes in it?

N/A

Have you disabled/removed all your mods and addons?

No

Brief description of the issue:

The Altitude selection of the KAP 140 is unable to be set via “Select Altitude Bug” and “Plus” or “Minus” keybindings.

Note: This used to work in earlier versions of the sim.

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Detailed steps to reproduce the issue encountered:

Setup a peripheral using the aforementioned keybindings. Attempt to adjust the Altitude of the unit. Note no change is exhibited.

PC specs and/or peripheral set up if relevant:

Xbox Series X, Thrustmaster Boeing TCA throttle quadrant (rotary selector knob 3rd position set to “Select Altitude Bug”, rotary knob clockwise set to “Plus”, rotary knob anti-clockwise set to “Minus”.

Build Version # when you first started experiencing this issue:

SU10 or SU11. Still occurring in SU12 Beta.

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Do you have the same issue if you follow the OP’s steps to reproduce it?

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Do you have the same issue if you follow the OP’s steps to reproduce it?

Yes this issue applies to other aircraft as well. I have duplicated it on 172 and the TBM930.
Provide extra information to complete the original description of the issue:

The keybind appears to change the zoom view in and out instead of affecting the ALT SEL knob operation.

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Do you have the same issue if you follow the OP’s steps to reproduce it?

Yes

Provide extra information to complete the original description of the issue:

Change VS Settings: works but you can not see your vs rate. Altitude change doesn’t work with keyboard shortcuts

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The behavior of Plus and Minus in MSFS is different from what it was in FSX. Instead of Plus and Minus, the command in MSFS is CTRL+PLUS and CTRL+MINUS. Please use these after pressing CTRL+SHIFT+Z / CTRL+SHIFT+H, and it should work as intended.