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Qt Creator and windows alt+keycode
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In some projects I use this a lot. I have to start Charmap on Windows and copy the character I need and paste it into Qt. In any other app I can use, for example alt+0176 (Ā°) for the degree symbol. This doesn't work in Creator. Is there a setting for this? Or another way around it? It seems clumsy having to use Charmap for it.
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Hi
it works in mine pressing alt+0176
QtCreator 4.9
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Ubuntu 18.04
64 bit
Qt Creator 4.8.2It does not work on mine. alt-0 closes/opens the Projects sidebar.
Is this a Windows only thing? I used to use this feature all the time in DOS.
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@fcarney
I use the keypad with numlock off then it does type it.
will try in linux in a moment :)
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numlock off causes it to navigate between source files when I get to alt-6 in the sequence. Yes, I am holding down alt the whole time.
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@fcarney
Hi seems not to work in Linux.
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Well in Ubuntu 18.04 there is a program called "Characters":
š š©
Now my posts can be just as annoying as my texts.
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Hi, actually in Linux you can type the keycodes also (I use it sometimes, it's not exactly in the same way, but, I think slightly better, because in Windows you're typing blindly on the numeric keypad until you release the Alt key)
Try this: hold down ctrl+shift and then press u.
Then press the four hex digits for the Unicode, in your case it's 00b0
Then press any key, voila :-)
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Try this: hold down ctrl+shift and then press u.
I guess that is the function that breaks Find Usages in Ubuntu since 6 or 7 years. I always have to disable it due to a bug that makes further input in Creator impossible.
Edit: Thats QTBUG-64910
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Did you try type 0176 or Alt+ 248 for degree sign?
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@PsylumDan I had the same problem with QtCreator on Windows 10. You can edit keyboard shortcuts (Tools -> Options -> Environment -> Keyboard) and remove all the shortcuts Alt+0 through Alt+9. Then you'll be able to enter symbols with alt+keycode normally.
