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Ivan
Asked: 2011-01-14 00:05:48 +0800 CST

Can I toggle word-wrapping on/off quickly in Gedit?

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Depending on nature of the text, sometimes line wrapping is convenient, sometimes it is just confusing. And every time I need to switch this (pretty frequently) I have to do to View - Preferences - Enable text wrapping - Close - four clicks, not mentioning all the hand, eye and thought motion. Can this be done a quicker way?

Most text editors have this two clicks away (in a menu) at maximum, some have it on a toolbar or a hot key, but I couldn't find any quick way in Gedit. Maybe there is a hot key I don't know?

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5 Answers

  1. In gedit 3.18 text wrapping can be turned on and off from the status bar.

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  2. Edit -> Preferences

    under the view tab check enable text wrapping

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  3. Best Answer

    Have a look at this Text-Wrap-Plugin: http://hartmann-it-design.de/gedit/TextWrap/

    I have not tested it myself, but it may serve yout needs.

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  4. There is no such shortcut that I know of, and the gedit documentation confirms it.

    There is a way in Gnome to add your own shortcuts, but it is meant for menu options. I don't think it will work with a function which is activated by checking a checkbox in the preferences. If you still want to try it, follow this: 

    Activate this feature

    * Run gconf-editor and go to /desktop/gnome/interface/
    * Check the 'can_change_accels' option
    * no need to restart anything, just close gconf-editor

Change menu shortcuts in your apps

    * Start your application : Shotwell here
    * Place your mouse on the menu you want to change
    * Press the key combination : you'll see your shortcut appear in the menu

    (Instruction written by Bubblegum)

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  5. For gEdit v3

    Use the Text Wrap plugin on live.gnome.org/Gedit/Plugins/ :

    Text Wrap
    A remake of the Text Wrap plugin from gedit 2. I changed the name to toggletextwrap because it seems textwrap is already in the name space somehow. Files: toggletextwrap.plugin and toggletextwrap.py

    Install it using @fossfreedom's instructions on How do I install a plugin for gEdit v3?, specifically this answer.

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