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Kian
Asked: 2014-10-22 10:33:23 +0800 CST

Codeblocks ctrl + shift + c not working

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I'm using codeblocks for my C++ IDE. I am using Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. I like to comment out code using Ctrl+Shift+C.

All of a sudden, though, it's stopped working! How do I turn it back on?

EDIT commenting out code using Ctrl+Shift+Z does work. But Ctrl+Shift+C does not. If I go to the menu, click edit, then click copy it out it DOES work. It's just the keyboard shortcut that's broken.

EDIT #2 Whenever I do try to use Ctrl+Shift+C, I notice this unusual warning message appear: HTML Help not found at [file directory of project goes here]

Could this be a clue?

code-blocks

2 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    This is a bug in Codeblocks, but I found a way around it.

    In general, follow the instructions on adding a keyboard shortcut on the Codeblocks wiki.

    • Open Settings >> Editor .
    • On the Editor Tab, scroll down to the Keyboard Shortcuts section.
    • Expand the Edit section and highlight Comment
    • On the right, you will see the current assignment of Ctrl+Shift+C

    The bug is that for some reason Codeblocks does not recognize the keybinding.

    The fix is to simply replace it with the same combination.

    • Scroll down to the New Shortcut box and click inside.
    • Press Ctrl+Shift+C
    • When Codeblocks says the combo is already assigned to Comment, ignore that and click Add and OK.

    After that, the keybinding began to work for me.

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  2. Under the "Edit" menu you will see the Comment/Uncomment options together with the shortcuts, you should check if it's still Ctrl+Shift+C.

    If not, then you should install keyboars shortcut plugin, by typing in a terminal:

    sudo apt-get install codeblocks-contrib

    restarting codeblocks, and then in Settings->Editor->Keyboard shortcuts edit it back to Ctrl+Shift+C.

    Hope it helps!

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