Solved Qt Creator shortcut key advice
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Being a "tidy" programmer, I find myself going into the menu Edit > Advanced > Toggle Fold All to fold my code down frequently. So it's time I assigned it a shortcut key. Being also an "indecisive" programmer, I cannot decide which shortcut to assign to it :D Folding shortcuts seem to have no consistent key presses across various IDEs.
I'm sure you guys will be using it too and have assigned it a shortcut, so what do use and why, please? :)
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@JonB As "tidy programmer" is a rare species there is no short-cut for that I guess :-D
And since I'm not a tidy programmer I do not have a short-cut for this. But I rarely use folding feature. -
@jsulm said in Qt Creator shortcut key advice:
But I rarely use folding feature.
I don't know what to say! Folding your
.cpp
files down to show all methods taking up only a line or two, rather than having to page around through gobs of code, is surely a sine qua non for productive programming, and one the most vital features of modern code IDEs.... -
Hi
I love folding too. ever since AMOS on amiga.
I use the Ctrl+Shift+X -
@mrjj
Great that I am not alone :)I use the Ctrl+Shift+X
Whooa there! That sounds too "deletey-cutty" to me! I go to fold, next thing I've cut everything and the file is empty!
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@JonB
I have yet to do it. but yeah if you use ctrl+x a tons then
i can see its a risk :) -
@mrjj
I wish there were an IEEE or an RFC to specify what key sequences are to be used for what operations across all editors :) -
@JonB
well im not sure its very used. Among 8 dev here , im the only one that thinks its a must have feature.
To my huge surprise, a dark theme was top score. A feature i never use as it gives me headache. -
@mrjj Lunacy! :D
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@mrjj said in Qt Creator shortcut key advice:
dark theme
I hate it, no idea how one can use it (not good for the eyes in my opinion).
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@jsulm
Well many seem to find it visually appealing but it might actually hurt the readability of text.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17510822/
In any case, i consider it mostly a matter of taste and hope they will always keep it as
an option in the software i use - as its an instant uninstall if no light theme.And when some say they think dark theme is "so modern", i just smile for myself.
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@JonB well the default for folding a single function is
strg+<
ctrl+<
so, add a shift modifier ?
strg is the German keyboard
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@J-Hilk
On my Linux/English these are designatedCtrl+<
&Ctrl+>
. I had not tried these before. But, try as I might, no matter what I do or do not select, these seems to simply have no effect for me when I click them? (I also tried withCtrl+Shift+</>
in case that mattered.) Am I misunderstanding how to use them?? Ubuntu. Creator 4.8.1. I have left all keyboard mappings at default.And while we are here, the Help states
Find next F3
. I have never found this works (which has disappointed me, because it is standard in other editors). I have always had to clickCtrl+F3
--- which works because it is "Find next occurrence of selected text" provided I still have the search text selected --- in order to move to the next found.Do either of what I have stated above work for other people?
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@JonB For me this works:
Ctrl-< to fold
Ctrl-Shift-< to unfold (so, basically Ctrl->) -
@jsulm
Yeah, what can I say? I have checked my mappings. It shows the default like I said, but pressing it just doesn't do anything. (On UK keyboard<
and>
are not on the same key.) And like I saidF3
doesn't work either. I have gone through various iterations of Ubuntu/Creator over the years, never worked.... -
@JonB said in Qt Creator shortcut key advice:
but pressing it just doesn't do anything
make sure you place the mouse cursor inside de methode or on it's prototype
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@LeLev
It wasn't that, but your post made me go back and try again.This is irritatingly misleading. I think this must be different from you posters' keyboards. A UK (or US) layout has
<
an the top of the,
key and>
at the top of the.
key. I'm thinking for you Euros this is not the case? (For you is there a key with<
at the bottom and and>
at the top? Weird!) Because it turns out that means I must click Shift as well:Ctrl+< => Shift+Ctrl+< Ctrl+> => Shift+Ctrl+>
Never having used such a combination in any other app, I didn't realize. [I see now that @J-Hilk has changed his post for this, I hadn't noticed that.] With Shift these shortcuts now start doing something!
It's a shame that the docs or my key bindings can't indicate this.
So.... does that mean, for my keyboard at least, there is a separate shortcut available for
Ctrl+<
(maybe that's ratherCtrl+,
?), sinceShift+Ctrl+<
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@JonB said in Qt Creator shortcut key advice:
I must click Shift as well:
i also must click Shift , < and > are on the same kayboard button
if my mouse cursor in on an empty line, nothing happens but if i click inside the method code then shortcut works