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When I go to use the keyboard shortcut for "Find action" (command+shift+A), macOS opens the terminal and with some output: myPreviousSearchResult\;type\=a,(replace myPreviousSearchResult with the previous search result you did on in the search bar).
It doesn't happen all the time, which adds to the peculiarity, and often does not happen when I first launch the search bar. Only the second search and onwards.
Here is an example:
Answering my own question because finding the notice took me too long and was quite frustrating. I considered glitchy IDE plugins, other apps installed, and searched the web for all sorts of terms. I didn't consider the OS was adding shortcuts for random things like this.
You need to disable a keyboard shortcut in System Preferences > Keyboards > Shortcuts > Services > Text (dropdown menu) > Search man Page Index in Terminal.
If anyone has suggestions on debugging keyboard shortcuts (finding out which apps are handling them), please let me know.
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Since a few days (I don't know exactly when it started) the forward key in VS2019 is not working in the code editor. No matter how many times I press it, it doesn't do anything.
It also doesn't work in the seach box in the menu bar (labelled 'Search (Ctrl+Q)') nor in the search box which appears with Ctrl+F.
It does work in other places, like the solution explorer search box (Ctrl+;) and in the resource editor.
The forward slash is working in any other application that I tried (including Visual Studio Code and MS Excel). The question mark (Shift+/) is working everywhere, including in the code editor window. Even AltGr+/ is working (producing the Spanish upside down question mark).
I tried all other keys, including the AltGr combinations. They all work fine. Keyboard layout is US International.
The foward slash key doesn't work in the code editor when typing it on the laptop keyboard, and doesn't work when typing it on an external keyboard, or via an RDP session.
I am running Windows 10 Pro 64-bit, version 20H2, build 19042.685. System is up to date.
Visual Studio Professional 2019, 16.8.3, also up to date.
What is causing the forward slash key to fail?
How can I solve this problem?
(Too long for a comment.)
The OP indicated that the problem was resolved after resetting the keyboard shortcuts, which suggests that / was set as a keyboard shortcut either by accident or perhaps by an installed extension.
However, the question remains in such cases of how to identify what a particular keyboard shortcut is assigned to, in order to turn off just that one shortcut as opposed to resetting all.
Visual Studio does not appear to provide a place to see the list of all active keyboard shortcuts. An alternative is to go to Tools / Import and Export Settings / Export Selected / All Settings and save a .vssettings file with all the current settings. That is a plain text file with extended XML sections, and the keyboard shortcuts can be found under the following node (reformatted for readability):
<Category name="Environment_KeyBindings" ... >
<Version>16.0.0.0</Version>
<KeyboardShortcuts>
<DefaultShortcuts>
<Shortcut Command="View.ViewCode" Scope="Global">F7</Shortcut>
...
</DefaultShortcuts>
<UserShortcuts>
...
</UserShortcuts>
</KeyboardShortcuts>
</Category>
One of the <Shortcut> lines would have been listing / before the reset, and the Command attribute on that line indicated the assignment, so that it could be located and turned off individually in Tools / Options / Environment / Keyboard.
#dxiv Your comment made me check the shortcuts. Tedious job, scrolling through those hundreds of options). Nothing. Then I clicked the Reset button. That solved the problem.
In my case, the CodeRush extension was the guilty party. "Selection comment" gets set to use / upon installation. WTG DevExpress ......
https://docs.devexpress.com/CodeRushForRoslyn/120205/coding-assistance/selection-tools/comment-uncomment-selection
Update:
Also adding a screenshot of it in VS 2022 to help people find it:
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I have been using Microsoft Visual Studio Code to write my Python code for awhile and have generally been pleased with it. But sometimes it does 'strange' things. Like now, I tried to open the current window in split mode. It did, but instead of splitting it vertically as it always does, it did so horizontally. Any idea on how to open it split vertically as before?
I am using the most current version of the VSCode and have the VIM plugin installed which works great.
Apologies for hasty posting. Upon doing more google search, I came across the following post in StackOverflow:
how to toogle horizontal or vertical split
This answers my question fully. You may delete this or mark it as duplicate.
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I'm posting a quick reference for "How can I show line numbers in Android Studio?" See answer below.
NOTE: This question has been marked as a duplicate because Android Studio is based on IntelliJ. In future, if you have a similar question, it's probably worth looking for the IntelliJ setting.
In Windows
1.Press Ctrl+Shift+A
2.Input following string: "show line numbers"
And you will see the setting, this method can find all the settings easily!
MAC
1.Press Command+Shift+A
2.Input following string: "show line numbers"
and following same flow of android studio.
It's simple. Just Right click in left side of Workspace area and choose Show line number.
Go to File > Settings
In the dialog, select 'Editor', then the sub-option for 'General', and then the sub-option for 'Appearance'.
Select 'Show line numbers' as shown below.
Click Ok.
Source
UPDATE The location for this setting has been changed to Editor -> General -> Appearance.
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Is there an editor in Linux that can highlight all instances of a word when the word is double-clicked? I was using Notepad++ in Windows which provided that feature. Now I am missing it in Linux editors. I tried Kate, Gedit, etc.
To enable this feature in Geany do the following:
Install the addons plugin: sudo apt-get install geany-plugin-addons
In Geany, click on Tools -> Plugin Manager
enable the plugin Addons (check in the column Active)
configure the plugin by clicking on Preferences
enable the option Mark all occurrences of a word when double-clicking it
First install the addons plugin:
sudo apt-get install geany-plugin-addons
and then apply the answer of mr13.
What version of Kate where you using, Kate has that exact feature as described here.
This Geany addon didn't work for me (on Fedora), rather this one did: http://sourceforge.net/projects/geanyhighlightselectedword/. Though installing it was a bit complicated.
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Eclipse has something similar. Install the Darkest Dark plugin, then double-click a word and press Ctrl + F to highlight all instances. Press Esc to unhighlight.
Both Sublime Text 3 and 4 and Microsoft Visual Studio Code (VSCode) have the double-click feature. Just double-click any word to highlight all instances of it. Click away anywhere to unhighlight.
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The top 3 modern, Linux-compatible editors which come to my mind when I think about software development are the following. All 3 of them are powerful, modern, widely-used, and cross-platform (Windows, Mac, and Linux)!
Eclipse
free and open source software (FOSS), and no-cost, but very heavy.
My go-to and primary editor for professional and hobby software development because it's got an outstanding, world-class indexer which allows you to Ctrl + Click on any variable or function name to jump to its definition.
Links to my full setup documentation are found here.
Sublime Text 3 and 4
proprietary/closed-source shareware, a professional and very powerful and very light-weight tool, no-cost for an unlimited full-access trial period, and relatively low-cost for a license
My primary editor for individual files--I frequently edit the same file at the same time with both Eclipse and Sublime Text 3 and 4, since Sublime has wonderful multi-cursor support for simultaneous editing of multiple lines all at once! I also have Eclipse set as my git editor of choice (see my answer here: How do I make git use the editor of my choice for commits?)
Learn to use it with this live, interactive tutorial-style "plugin": https://sublimetutor.com/.
Microsoft Visual Studio Code (VSCode)
free and open source source (FOSS) source code, and no-cost; minor caveat: technically, the binaries distributed by Microsoft are freeware, though the source code is free and open source
One of the industry's most popular editors today, but also a relatively new entry into the field. I haven't used it much yet.
So, let's see how each of these 3 can "highlight all instances of a selected word":
1. Eclipse
If you install the plugin Darkest Dark Theme with DevStyle, you get the following features:
Just place your cursor on any variable and it automatically highlights all instances of this variable, like this. Here you can see _currentChannel_i highlighted in black in 4 places, and in some yellowish color in one place near the bottom-left:
[MY FAVORITE] Double-click any word to highlight it, then press Ctrl + F to highlight all instances of it! Use the buttons in the find bar in the top-right (also shown circled below) to choose "Case sensitive search" and/or "Match whole word" as desired too. You can also choose "Regular expression search". Here you can see 8 instances of _currentChannel_i all highlighted in blue, including some in the comments! I use love this feature and use it all the time! Press Esc to cancel the Ctrl + F blue highlighting.
See here for links to my full setup documentation.
2. Sublime Text 3 and 4.
From here, if I'm doing some fancy multi-cursor editing, I like to right-click the screen and go to "EasyShell" --> "Open with default Application" to open up this same file in Sublime Text 3 or 4.
In Sublime Text 3 and 4, you simply double-click any word to highlight all instances. That looks like this. Here, I have double-clicked _currentChannel_i, and you can see 9 instances of it highlighted/boxed, including in the comments. Simply click away anywhere to undo this selection.
Note that you can also highlight a word and then press Ctrl + D repeatedly to highlight instances of it, one-at-a-time, each with a new cursor. This is handy when editing all instances of a variable in a single file all at once, for quick-editing/refactoring, rather than using the Ctrl + H Find and Replace tool.
3. Microsoft Visual Studio Code (VSCode)
This one is super easy too! Just double-click any word to highlight all instances of it--same as Sublime Text 3 and 4. Click away anywhere to undo this selection. Here, I have double-clicked _currentChannel_i, and you can see 9 instances of it highlighted, including in the comments.
So, which editor to use?
Well, Sublime Text is the lightest, by far, but lacks a good indexer and function view/explorer. It has advanced, modern features like multi-cursor mode. It is made by one lone and very-talented developer, so if you use it, please go buy a license to support his work. That's his livelihood.
Eclipse is the heaviest, by far, but lacks modern features like multi-cursor mode. It is the oldest of the 3, by far, and has a world-class indexer. Since it is the oldest (first released in 2001) and FOSS, it is widespread and is used as the base for many other professional editors and microcontroller development platforms, such as the STM32CubeIDE, and the Arduino Professional IDE, both of which are Eclipse-based. For that reason alone, it is worth learning.
Microsoft VSCode is the newest (first released in 2015), and is more light-weight than Eclipse and more-advanced and feature-rich than Sublime Text. Since it came after the other 2 editors, it was able to borrow ideas from Sublime Text (I'm supposing), such as multi-cursor mode, which is ingenious. Therefore, it contains that feature (see here: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/editor/codebasics#_multiple-selections-multicursor), as well as a powerful indexer (which I can't comment on since I haven't used it), and an "OUTLINE" view in the left-hand pane to view a list of functions, definitions, etc., like I can see in the "Outline" view in Eclipse in the right-hand pane. Since it is backed by Microsoft, it is arguably the best-supported of the 3.
Since I am most-familiar with Eclipse, I prefer it in conjunction with Sublime Text. If you are brand-new to these editors, however, I recommend you just start with Microsoft VSCode and go from there. Optionally, try out my Eclipse installation and configuration instructions above if you ever find yourself needing or wanting to use Eclipse directly, or STM32CubeIDE or the Arduino Pro IDE.
VIM can do this:)Not by clicking, but there is a way to quickly search for a word and highlight all occurrences.
Check this out:
http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/VimTip14
There's Geany, but I don't know if it does that.
You could customize gedit to do much of what you want:
http://grigio.org/pimp_my_gedit_was_textmate_linux
If you can't get what you want, you could install Notepad++ with WINE. Try something like this.
In Linux Mint 19 Tara
Install geany-plugin-automark, then start geany, go to
Menu -> Tools -> Plugin Manager and Enable/check Auto-mark
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I have a Logitech keyboard (Ultra-Flat Keyboard Dark Shine to be exact), which has the context menu key in the middle of the windows and alt key, which is quite annoying.
Here's a screenshot of where the key is:
http://freshlog.com/grabs/ff532-How_do_I_remap_the_context_menu_key_in_Mac_OS_X
I can remap the windows and alt keys under the default Keyboard System Preferences Panel, but there doesn't seem to be a way to remap the context menu key.
Any ideas?
Use KeyRemap4MacBook (Karabiner for osx 10.9, 10.10). As Mecki pointed out, XML .keylayouts / Ukelele can't solve your problem.
In spite of the name, KeyRemap4MacBook works on any Mac (OS X 10.4 or later).
The settings you want are under "For PC Users" » "Change PC Application Key".
Use KeyRemap4Macbook. Edit private.xml file like this:
<item>
<name>Change Windows context menu key to Right option key</name>
<identifier>private.win_context_menu_option_key</identifier>
<autogen>--KeyToKey-- KeyCode::PC_APPLICATION, KeyCode::OPTION_R</autogen>
</item>
This code will remap right option key to the context menu key.
You can use Karabiner to map App to Command+Option:
You can then use Keyboard Maestro to map Command+Option+Letter, where Letter is a key that denotes an application, to focus the application:
For example, you can then do App+C to focus Chrome, App+T to focus Terminal, App+S to focus Slack etc. (if an app isn't already open, Keyboard Maestro opens it first).
If you're using a generic keyboard, then you have a dedicated App key:
If you're using an Apple keyboard, you have to hold Command and Option, but they are next to each other, and appear on both sides of the spacebar:
Keep in mind that OS X already uses Command+Option+Esc to open the Force Quit Applications dialogue, so you could now use App+Esc for that. Likewise, OS X uses Command+Option+W to close all of the windows in the focus application (tabs in Chrome).
Notes:
Karabiner is an open source kernel extension for modifying the way keyboard input is handled by OS X.
Keyboard Maestro is a proprietary application for creating keyboard shortcuts in OS X. It has a free 30 day trial, and costs $36.
The latest MacOS versions are served by Karabiner Elements 12.1.
Key-to-key remapping are done in the Simple Modifications tab and conveniently selected in 2 rows of drop-down-menus (see: screenshot).
Complex Modifications in this Preferences Panel's tab have either to be added by importing them from the internet (Karabiner-E.'s site) or from the user's ~/.config/karabiner/assets/ complex_modifications folder.
"Complex" ones from the net actually are also copied there and switched "on" (= [+ Enable]) in the tab.
ALL modifications are finally stored (& thus "activated") in ~/.config/karabiner/karabiner.json.
A pragmatic procedure (that also helps avoid mistakes while writing complex-mods yourself) is to copy & rename & alter one "imported" mod.
Once you are experienced (e.g.: different bracket types) it may be easier to edit the json file directly…
There is no longer the option to constrict remaps to specific windows (can be simulated by an osascript AppleScript) as some other features.
A non-Element version of Karabiner is being developed.
Two sites to get information & questions (answered) – but please search for previous "doubles" !:
github.com >> Karabiner-Elements
groups.google.com/forums/ osx-karabiner
KeyRemap4MacBook
Entry: For PC Users -> Change PC Application Key -> Application Key to Option_L
Unfortunately the latest macOS Sierra doesn't support Karabiner yet. An easy solution is to convert capslock key with command key.