I can't use the shortcut Ctrl + . (dot) on Visual Studio Code on my Linux machine (ubuntu 22.04 LTS)

Question

I have a problem on my Linux machine (Ubuntu 22.04 LTS). When using Visual Studio Code I can't use the shortcut Ctrl + . (dot). This shorcut will help me get faster when using Flutter.

@YeasinSheikh where do i look to check my keyboard shortcuts ? — Mikelenjilo, Jul 18 '22 at 16:42
See [this solution](https://stackoverflow.com/q/71997823/9971404). — lonix, Aug 09 '23 at 00:21

score 8 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 06 '22 at 14:23

The problem most likely is that IBus uses that shortcut by default in Ubuntu 22.04 to access emojis. Therefore you need to first change that shortcut by running ibus-setup in a terminal, select the Emoji tab, and change the Emoji annotation shortcut to something else. See https://askubuntu.com/a/1404462/1013434

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 18 '22 at 16:47

Check keyboard shortcuts if it contains Ctrl + ..

If you can find it, right click on mouse and add or just open json as shown on picture(top-right corner)

and add

// Place your key bindings in this file to override the defaultsauto[]
[
    {
        "key": "ctrl+.",
        "command": "problems.action.showQuickFixes",
        "when": "problemFocus"
    },
    {
        "key": "ctrl+.",
        "command": "editor.action.quickFix",
        "when": "editorHasCodeActionsProvider && editorTextFocus && !editorReadonly"
    },
]

I can't use the shortcut Ctrl + . (dot) on Visual Studio Code on my Linux machine (ubuntu 22.04 LTS)

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