multi-letter shortcut in notepad++

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Is it possible to use multiple letters in a shortcut in Notepad++. The UI does not seem to support this. For example, I'd like to create the following shortcut:

ctrl + a + b

The UI doesn't expose this, and the [community docs](http://npp-community.tuxfamily.org/documentation/notepad-user-manual/settings/shortcut-mapper) seem to indicate that shortcuts are limited to a single letter, so it seems unlikely that this is possible. — Derek Park, Feb 08 '12 at 22:02
don't worry about it. Demoncodemonkey's suggestion of Autohotkey might be worth your upvote / accept, though. Give that a try and see if it works well for your purposes. — Derek Park, Feb 09 '12 at 00:37

Korhan Ozturk · Answer 1 · 2012-02-08T22:23:26.737

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I can tell that Notepad++ seems to support multi-letter shortcuts by looking its default shortcuts; for example Ctrl-Shft-S is the shortcut of 'Save All'.

After digging the Shortcut Mapper of Notepad++ a little bit, I have concluded that you can create multi-letter shortcuts either CTRL + SHIFT + KEY format OR ALT + SHIFT + KEY format.

Check the image:

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You can read here for further information about the 'Notepad++ Shorcut Mapper'

edited Feb 08 '12 at 22:23

answered Feb 08 '12 at 22:02

Korhan Ozturk

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These are multi-key shortcuts, not multi-letter shortcuts. I want to do something like CTRL+A+B – Suraj Feb 08 '12 at 22:40
It doesn't look possible then (at least from Shortcut Mapper). Have you tried modifying shortcuts.xml file? – Korhan Ozturk Feb 08 '12 at 22:45
I'm not sure what I would modify. The Ctrl/Alt/Shift attributes are all booleans and the Key attribute seems to take a character code – Suraj Feb 08 '12 at 23:26

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:16

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I think your best bet is to use some external keyboard macro engine to trigger a certain command when a key sequence is pressed.

It looks like you can do it with Autohotkey, check here for an example.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:16

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answered Feb 08 '12 at 22:19

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thanks! I prefer not to install/manage another program, but this seems to be the only workaround – Suraj Feb 09 '12 at 00:55

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 09 '12 at 00:54

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It seems that this is not possible from within notepad++

answered Feb 09 '12 at 00:54

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