The shortcut key to open console in Sublime Text 2 does not work

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I'm using Sublime Text 2 (version 2.0.1) on Windows 7, and I haven't installed any plugins for this software. I can use menu to open the console, but I cannot open console via ctrl + ` shortcut. How to fix this problem?

Solution 1:

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Solution 2:

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Use Ctrl+' to open the console.

When Ctrl+` is pressed, Sublime Text does not receive anything. It is therefore impossible to use this key combination for anything.

When Ctrl+' is pressed, Sublime Text actually receives Ctrl+` instead.

Debuging Keyboard Shortcuts

To see what Sublime Text is receiving, enter sublime.log_input(True) at the console. Obviously change True to False to turn this off.

Other programs can receive the physical Ctrl+` combination so it would seem the issue is within Sublime Text.

Solution 3:

If all else fails, try View > Show Console.

When I run conemu at the time, it seems to grab the ctrl-` and use it for minimize\restore. So I do get a console, just not the Sublime Text one...

Solution 4:

Solution/Workaround: using preferences options, you can change the key binding. I've changed mine to ctrl+f1