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Anything related to key-bindings (a.k.a. "keyboard shortcuts", "hotkeys", etc.), i.e. the associations between key combinations and the corresponding actions triggered when the user presses such combinations.

Anything related to key-bindings (a.k.a. keyboard shortcuts, hotkeys, etc.), i.e. the associations between key combinations and the corresponding actions triggered when the user presses such combinations. For example, pressing alt + F4 closes an application on Windows, while ctrl + C copies the selected text into the clipboard for both Linux and Windows GUI applications.

See Wikipedia on keyboard shortcuts.

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How to select all instances of a variable and edit variable name in Sublime

If I select a variable (not just any string) in my code, all other instances of that variable get a stroke (white outline) around them: Is there a keyboard shortcut that will let me select all of those instances of the variable and edit them all at…
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Binding arrow keys in JS/jQuery

How do I go about binding a function to left and right arrow keys in Javascript and/or jQuery? I looked at the js-hotkey plugin for jQuery (wraps the built-in bind function to add an argument to recognize specific keys), but it doesn't seem to…
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How can I listen for keypress event on the whole page?

I'm looking for a way to bind a function to my whole page (when a user presses a key, I want it to trigger a function in my component.ts) It was easy in AngularJS with a ng-keypress but it does not work with (keypress)="handleInput($event)". I…
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Xcode duplicate line

There is a Duplicate command in the Edit Menu (with a default shortcut of ⌘D), but it is (as Halley pointed out) meant for duplication in the Interface Builder part of Xcode. So, how do you (easily) duplicate a line in Xcode 4? Related question…
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Detect if a key is bound to something in vim

I'd like to know if there is a way to figure out if a key does something in vim. I know that I can use :map to see user-defined mappings, but is there something for the built-in stuff? For example, I always had CTRL-W bound to close tab, because I…
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How to map Ctrl+A and Ctrl+Shift+A differently?

In a terminal, one cannot distinguish Ctrl+A and Ctrl+Shift+A as they both emit the same key code, so I can see why Vim can't do it. But gVim, being an X application, can differentiate Ctrl+A and Ctrl+Shift+A. Is there any way to map those two…
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Emacs: print key binding for a command or list all key bindings

In Emacs (GNU 23.2, *nix), how can I: list the key sequences bound to a particular command? For example, how can we list all the key sequences that execute save-buffers-kill-emacs, with the output of key sequences bound to it? Assuming we can do…
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Emacs on Mac OS X Leopard key bindings

I'm a Mac user and I've decided to learn Emacs. I've read that to reduce hand strain and improve accuracy the CTRL and CAPS LOCK keys should be swapped. How do I do this in Leopard? Also, in Terminal I have to use the ESC key to invoke meta. Is…
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"Wrong type argument: commandp" error when binding a lambda to a key

I am getting a "Wrong type argument: commandp, (lambda nil (forward-line 5))" here. (global-set-key [?\M-n] (lambda () (forward-line 5))) What is the error? I'm fairly sure it's simple & I'm missing something obvious.
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Insert a newline without entering in insert mode, vim

I want insert newlines in normal mode in vim using Shift-Enter and Ctrl-Enter. I try some solutions and mixing solutions from Vim Wikia - Insert newline without entering insert mode but Shift-Enter and Ctrl-Enter didn't respond: " put a new line…
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How to reset Visual Studio Code key bindings?

After experimenting with my VSCode key bindings, I would like to reset them to the original settings. How do I do that? I am on Linux Mint 18. I tried removing all the records from the keybindings.json
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Make Visual Studio use VS code shortcut keys / key bindings

I've been using VSCode a lot lately and have gotten used to the keys-shortcuts/key-bindings (Ctrl+D, Ctrl+P, Alt+leftArrow, etc). However I've recently had some work where I needed to use regular Visual Studio (Microsoft Visual Studio Enterprise…
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In Vim, why is 'j' used for down and 'k' for up?

I've been using Vim for many years and have never really thought about it. A friend of mine asked why that is, noting that in our culture, left would usually map to up while right would map to down, making the Vim keys backwards. I understand that…
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How can I scroll back in GDB's command window in the TUI mode?

Suppose that (gdb) print *this resulted in 20 lines of output. Yes, there would be Type to continue, or q to quit, but I'd like to scroll back to the top after I got to the bottom of the output. I don't think…
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How to capture Ctrl + Tab and Ctrl + Shift + Tab in WPF?

What would be some sample code that will trap the Ctrl+Tab and Ctrl+Shift+Tab for a WPF application? We have created KeyDown events and also tried adding command bindings with input gestures, but we were never able to trap these two shortcuts.
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