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It seems I'm unable to comment out blocks of code in Android Studio using the CTRL + SHIFT + 7 (on my Lenovo Yoga 2 Pro there's no Numpad and hence no / character on its own button).
Pressing the above combination creates a bookmark with the number 7 instead.
Does anyone know a workaround or am I just stuck with /* *\?
The problem is that the binding is to the main character on the key, which on your keyboard is 7, not /. As I commented before, you might want to try if pressing the Ctrl- works (that is the location of / on my US International keyboard).
Otherwise, I'd suggest you map it to another combination. I don't have Android Studio, but in IntelliJ IDEA (which has the same foundation as Android Studio) this can be configured under File, Settings, Keymap (Main Menu > Code > Comment with Line Comment) or just search for line comment.
Here is the / key on your Yoga 2 Pro Keyboard.
You can usually comment code by using Ctrl-/ or Ctrl-Shift-/
I will assume you have a keyboard driver installed that matches your keyboard.
The lowest symbol on left is the one you normally get when you press the key without also pressing any modifier key.
The symbol above that is the one you normally get when you press that key simultaneously with the Shift key.
The symbol to the right is the one you normally get when you press that key simultaneously with the Alt Gr (it is the Alt key on right hand side) key.
If you are talking about a laptop, and the third symbol is in an a different colour from the other marks on the key, usually in blue, then it is usually obtainable by pressing that key simultaneously with the FN key. See this link .
Example
In UK laptop keyboards we generally have three symbols on key 4 which are normally $ on top, 4 on bottom left and € on bottom right.
Only pressing 4 will simply print 4.
Pressing Shift + 4 will print $.
Pressing Alt Gr + 4 will pring €.
NOTE: All of the above is written with assumption that you have the proper keyboard drivers installed on your pc/laptop.
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Recently I installed Ubuntu and I've some troubles with typing text on terminal, the problems not occurs on the text editors. I can't select the text to right or left using shift+arrow. When I try it, like shift+left, D letter is typed on the line, and C is typed using shortcut with arrow right. Resuming, I've two issues:
Select text with shift+arrow not working;
Select all text with shift+home or shift+end
I installed KDE on Ubuntu. Please, anyone can help me?
The standard Terminal does not use the same shortcuts (or even the same cursor behavior) as you might expect in a browser or text editor window. The shift key by itself does not select text that way. shift+home will scroll to the top, shift+end to the bottom, and using it with pg up/pg down will scroll up/down one screen. The arrow keys are mapped to A/B/C/D.
As you can see on this list, most of the commands are for moving around and managing processes. I usually just select text with the mouse, then copy with ctrl+shift+c and paste with ctrl+shift+v. As discussed on Ask Ubuntu, there appears to be no easy way to select arbitrary text without the mouse.
Alternative terminal programs may offer more options.
Update While this is not a standard shortcut, you can go into Terminal's Edit > Preferences > Shortcuts, find the Edit section, click the Select All row in the Shortcut Key column, then enter a new shortcut like ctrl+shift+a. This new shortcut will then let you then copy all of the terminal text.
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I would like to be able to replace a misspelled word in a Google doc with Google's recommended correction with a keyboard shortcut, instead of having to mouseover the word, right click on it, and select the corrected word.
Is there any way to do this? (I'm working on a Mac).
As of 6/2020, the suggestion of the spell checker appears in a bubble, accepted as follows:
Navigate the cursor to within the misspelled word (which is underlined in red)
(Suggestion appears in bubble)
Press Tab to access the bubble
Press Enter to apply the suggestion.
There's no keyboard shortcut for this purpose. You can see complete list of Google Docs keyboard shortcuts here or press ⌘ + / or Ctrl + / in docs window. You might use ⌘ + Shift + \ to open Context (right-click) menu but then you have to select the suggested word. That's all I can help you with!
Windows users use Ctrl + Shift + x to open context menu.
Edit:
As Dr Ankita Bali answered below, you can use F7. This does both spelling and grammar checks.
Hit F7
Press enter to replace with suggested word.
Press Tab and Enter to ignore the suggestion.
Note: This method iterates all over the misspelled words and grammatical errors in the document. If you want to correct specific word, you still have to use context menu.
Note for Firefox: In Firefox, F7 is used to toggle caret browsing. On prompt, you can either select checkbox for Do not show me this dialog box again. Or use Saka Key extension.
You can also configure advance settings. Type about:config in address bar. Click 'I accept the risk!'. Search for caret. Double click on accessibility.browsewithcaret_shortcut.enabled or click 'Toggle' from context menu to toggle the value. False value means disabled.
First enable compatible spreadsheet shortcuts.
Then F7
Attached a screenshot here if it helps.
Per the Keyboard shortcuts for Google docs (on a Mac): holding Ctrl + ⌘, press e then p. This moves focus to the popup.
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When I was trying to use vim help.txt file I found I was unable to open the .txt files included in it. Its instruction at the beginning of the file says:
Jump to a subject: Position the cursor on a tag (e.g. |bars|) and hit CTRL-].
But it doesn't work and it shrinks the size of the words on my terminal. I want to know how to open the related files and also how to get my terminal window back to normal.
Thanks in advance!
Thank you all for your kind help! I was using Gnome-terminal. Actually Ctrl+Shift+] is needed. Just as copy and paste are completed by Ctrl+Shift+c and Ctrl+Shift+v in the terminal.
As for the size of the words, it can be adjusted by view tab on top selecting Zoom in or Zoom out. The reason I was stuck was that, I can zoom in by Ctrl+- but I cannot zoom out by Ctrl++, and similarly, it should be Ctrl+Shift++.
(By + I mean pressing together. '+' means the actual key.)
Also worth mentioning, as #Kent pointed out, the settings can be adjusted through edit tab.
The problem is that in some keyboard layouts the ] key is the same as the + or the -, but with different modifiers. So when you type Ctrl-] your terminal emulator program thinks you are typing Ctrl-+, then uses it on its own, to change the size of the font, or something like that.
The solution is to map another key to this function. I'm using F12 because it is handy and seldom used for anything else. Just add this to your .vimrc:
nmap <F12> :exe "tjump" expand("<cword>")<CR>
imap <F12> <C-O><F12>
Well, technically, the Ctrl-] is equivalent to :tag, not :tjump, but I find that more convenient when using tags.
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I am using RealVNC viewer on Windows. I sometimes find it very difficult to shift from VNC to Windows. I have to use F8 -> Minimize and then Alt + Tab. I wish I had more flexibility. Can the following key combinations be somehow enabled?
Win + D -> I see my Windows desktop.
Alt + Tab switches between VNC and Windows applications.
Ctrl + Tab switches between VNC subwindows.
I found two solutions:
1 (from: http://www.realvnc.com/products/viewerplus/1.0/docs/af1069655.html)
Configuring your keyboard
By default, and with the exception of CTRL-ALT-DELETE and the function
key used to open the shortcut menu, key presses affect the host
computer and not the client. To reverse this behavior for the
application-level keys listed below, turn off Pass special keys
directly to VNC Server. Note this property is on the Inputs tab.
Affected keys/combinations: WINDOWS (also known as START), PRINT
SCREEN, ALT-TAB, ALT-ESCAPE, CTRL-ESCAPE.
2 (from: http://www.physnet.uni-hamburg.de/physnet/vnc/winvncviewer.html)
Keystrokes such as Ctrl-Esc and Alt-Tab may be interpreted at the
local (viewer) machine. If you want to send them to the remote
machine, you can use the options on the viewer menu to send individual
Ctrl-down, Ctrl-up, Alt-down and Alt-up keystrokes. For example, to
type Ctrl-Esc on the remote machine, send Ctrl-down using the menu,
press Esc, and then send Ctrl-up (or just tap the Ctrl key) to release
the Ctrl key at the remote end.
I am running the Gnome Desktop on the VNC Server, so I followed these steps to implement the two solutions recommended by user1403360:
Turn off Viewer -> Options -> Inputs -> "Pass special keys directly to VNC Server" (i.e. parameter SendSpecialKeys=FALSE)
Alt+Tab will now switch between Windows applications
In Gnome Desktop -> Preferences -> KeyboardShortcuts, change "Move between windows using a popup window" => Ctrl+Tab
Ctrl+Tab will now switch between VNC sub-windows
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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.