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• Author: roaoao
• Date: 2020-10-31 06:31:01
• Type: answer
• Quality Score: 8/10
• Reply to: post_03653
• Replies (1): post_03670

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hotkeys beginner

⚙️ Related PME Features

• Stack Key Editor
• Hotkey Configuration

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wilBr:

keychords? what is this? how to use?

Key-chods is a combination of 2 quickly pressed keys to execute a command. Like double-click, but using 2 different keys.

joemoehobo:

Key-chords allow for a much wider mapping of functionality to keys and they also vastly expand the number of possible shortcuts. They have been around for a long time, particularly in text editing software. The main idea is to press a key combination to activate a mini shortcut context and follow that with another combination to execute functionality.

This is nicely implemented in VSCode. For instance, pressing Ctrl+K and then M allows for changing the language. But you can also use M by itself, or map another functionality to Ctrl+G, M.

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