Ctrl + e and ctrl + shift + alt not working

123698741

When I press ctrl + e a character like ENQ appears in a rectangle, instead of autocompleting a tag.
And just when I press ctrl + shift + alt nothing happens

Alan Kilborn

@123698741 said in Ctrl + e and ctrl + shift + alt not working:

When I press ctrl + e a character like ENQ appears in a rectangle, instead of autocompleting a tag.

What key-combination is the “autocompleting a tag” command set to in the Shortcut Mapper ?

What is command is “ctrl+e” set to in the Shortcut Mapper ? (I suspect nothing because otherwise a black-boxed ENQ would NOT appear.)

and just when I press ctrl + shift + alt nothing happens

You mean only those 3 keys? If so, then you’re right, nothing happens (because nothing is supposed to).

BTW, if you want to know more about ctrl+e, here’s some light reading for you:

datatraveller1

Hi @Alan-Kilborn,
Thank you very much for your great answer.
I would prefer if Ctrl+E printed nothing (like notepad). Pressing Shift+Ctrl+E also prints ENQ and Shift+Ctrl+B prints STX. At least the combinations with Shift should not cause to trigger these control characters. What do you think about it?

Alan Kilborn

@datatraveller1

would prefer if Ctrl+E printed nothing. Pressing Shift+Ctrl+E also prints ENQ and Shift+Ctrl+B prints STX. At least the combinations with Shift should not cause to trigger these control characters. What do you think about it?

Well, I basically agree with that, and I’ve long had a script that filters control characters out in case I “fat finger” one that isn’t assigned to a shortcut keycombo in Notepad++.

It seems like this topic has been discussed in the Community before, but it was so long ago I can’t find the reference.

But anyway, you can achieve your desire if you are willing to use the PythonScript plugin and set up the following simple script:

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
from Npp import *

def modified_callback(args):
    if args['modificationType'] == MODIFICATIONFLAGS.INSERTCHECK:
        t = args['text']
        if len(t) > 1: return
        if ord(t) in range(0, 0x1F + 1) and t not in '\t\n\r':
            editor.changeInsertion('')

editor.callbackSync(modified_callback, [SCINTILLANOTIFICATION.MODIFIED])  # must be callbackSync!

Some notes on PythonScript are found HERE.

Alan Kilborn

@datatraveller1 said:

Shift+Ctrl+B prints STX

Note that in Notepad++ 8.5 and later, Shift+Ctrl+B is the default keycombo for Begin/End Select :

So this keycombo will no longer insert a STX character into documents when typed.