kando-menu · Schneegans · Jun 20, 2025 · Jun 20, 2025
diff --git a/locales/en/translation.json b/locales/en/translation.json
@@ -27,12 +27,12 @@
     },
     "general-settings-dialog": {
       "none": "None",
+      "auto-language": "Use system language",
       "title": "General Settings",
       "message": "All settings of Kando are stored in a JSON file which you can also edit, share, or backup. Click [here]({{link}}) to open the directory where the config.json file is stored.",
       "app-settings": "Application Settings",
       "localization-label": "Language",
       "localization-info": "Restart Kando to apply the new language.",
-      "auto-language": "Use system language",
       "check-for-new-versions": "Check for new versions",
       "check-for-new-versions-info": "If enabled, Kando will show a notification when a new version is available.",
       "invisible-settings-button": "Invisible settings button",
@@ -80,7 +80,8 @@
       "press-again-behavior": "Press-shortcut-again behavior",
       "press-again-behavior-info": "This determines what happens when the shortcut is pressed again while a menu is shown. If multiple menus are assigned to the same shortcut, you can use this to cycle through all matching menus. Make sure to only hold down a modifier key if you want to use Turbo Mode together with an option other than 'Do nothing'.",
       "do-nothing": "Do nothing",
-      "cycle-menus": "Cycle through matching menus",
+      "cycle-from-first": "Show next menu (begin at first)",
+      "cycle-from-recent": "Show next menu (continue from last)",
       "close-menu": "Close menu",
       "menu-sounds": "Menu Sounds",
       "learn-how-to-add-sound-themes": "Learn how to add new sound themes to Kando [here]({{link}})!",

diff --git a/src/common/index.ts b/src/common/index.ts
@@ -649,7 +649,7 @@ export interface IGeneralSettings {
   gamepadCloseButton: number;
 
   /** Determines the behavior of pressing the trigger shortcut once the menu is open. */
-  sameShortcutBehavior: 'cycle' | 'close' | 'nothing';
+  sameShortcutBehavior: 'cycle-from-first' | 'cycle-from-recent' | 'close' | 'nothing';
 
   /**
    * If enabled, pressing 'cmd + ,' on macOS or 'ctrl + ,' on Linux or Windows will open

diff --git a/src/main/menu-window.ts b/src/main/menu-window.ts
@@ -144,10 +144,17 @@ export class MenuWindow extends BrowserWindow {
 
         // If the 'sameShortcutBehavior' is set to 'cycle', we will show the next menu which
         // matches the current request.
-        if (sameShortcutBehavior === 'cycle') {
+        if (
+          sameShortcutBehavior === 'cycle-from-first' ||
+          sameShortcutBehavior === 'cycle-from-recent'
+        ) {
           this.menuIndex += 1;
         }
       }
+    } else if (sameShortcutBehavior === 'cycle-from-first') {
+      // If the menu is not visible and the 'sameShortcutBehavior' is set to 'cycle-from-first',
+      // we reset the menu index to 0. This way, the first menu will be shown again.
+      this.menuIndex = 0;
     }
 
     // Select correct menu before showing it to user.
@@ -485,7 +492,8 @@ export class MenuWindow extends BrowserWindow {
 
     // If the sameShortcutBehavior is set to 'cycle', we select the menu at the current
     // index. If the index is out of bounds, we wrap around to the first menu.
-    if (this.kando.getGeneralSettings().get('sameShortcutBehavior') === 'cycle') {
+    const behavior = this.kando.getGeneralSettings().get('sameShortcutBehavior');
+    if (behavior === 'cycle-from-first' || behavior === 'cycle-from-recent') {
       return bestMenus[this.menuIndex % bestMenus.length];
     }
 

diff --git a/src/settings-renderer/components/dialogs/GeneralSettingsDialog.tsx b/src/settings-renderer/components/dialogs/GeneralSettingsDialog.tsx
@@ -296,8 +296,12 @@ export default function GeneralSettingsDialog() {
                 label: i18next.t('settings.general-settings-dialog.do-nothing'),
               },
               {
-                value: 'cycle',
-                label: i18next.t('settings.general-settings-dialog.cycle-menus'),
+                value: 'cycle-from-first',
+                label: i18next.t('settings.general-settings-dialog.cycle-from-first'),
+              },
+              {
+                value: 'cycle-from-recent',
+                label: i18next.t('settings.general-settings-dialog.cycle-from-recent'),
               },
               {
                 value: 'close',