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    • prototype+
      prototype+ last edited by

      Cannot type " [ " - left square bracket. No problem with typing “]” - right square bracket.

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      The hotkey ctrl + alt + F works in every other application (notepad, Atom), even works in every other pop up window in np++ (pic below)

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      The only other open topic on this questions suggested that this combination (ctrl + alt + F) might be used somewhere else, but I could not find anything in the Shortcut mapper

      Any idea?

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      • Alan Kilborn
        Alan Kilborn @prototype+ last edited by

        @prototype

        How is this:

        Cannot type " [ " - left square bracket.

        related to this:

        The hotkey ctrl + alt + F

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        • prototype+
          prototype+ last edited by

          @alan-kilborn

          The combo “ctrl + alt + F” results in “[” when I try it in notepad, or in Atom or even in nt++ (the second pic in the original post), but nothing happens when using this combo in the main window…

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          • PeterJones
            PeterJones @prototype+ last edited by

            @prototype said in Cannot type " [ " - left square bracket.:

            @alan-kilborn

            The combo “ctrl + alt + F” results in “[” when I try it in notepad, or in Atom or even in nt++ (the second pic in the original post), but nothing happens when using this combo in the main window…

            ctrl + alt + F does no such thing in Windows Notepad (notepad.exe) or any other program on my computer. In fact, in notepad.exe, it does absolutely nothing. If you have some external program whcih re-maps that key combo to type [, I would wonder why, but it’s not out of the realm of technical possibility.

            In default in Notepad++, that keystroke is aliased to View > Collapse Current Level, which has to do with code folding.
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            The way to type a [ in Notepad++ or any other program is to use the [ key on your keyboard.

            If you have some external program that’s trying to hijack ctrl + alt + F to type a single key, the Notepad++ shorcut assignment might be taking precedence, thus not letting the external program do its thing. If you really want the shortcut to be handled by the external program rather than by Notepad++, then use the Shortcut Mapper to change the shortcut on Collapse Current Level

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            • prototype+
              prototype+ @PeterJones last edited by

              @peterjones

              Changing the shortcut to Collapse Current Level did the trick. Thanks.

              The ctrl+alt+F combo probably does nothing in your case, perhaps because you have a different keyboard language setup? The combo ctrl + alt +G also does not return the “]” in that case, as does in mine.

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