"Ctrl + Space" should move to the next entry when the code hint menu popped up.

[metalbrick]

Otherwise the shortcut is kind of useless.

[redmunds]

@metalbrick Ctrl+Space just pops up the code hints in the case where you need to force them open. You can then navigate to next/previous entries using up/down arrows on keyboard and also PageUp/PageDown keys.

[metalbrick]

@redmunds sure the up/down would do the works, but when I was familiar or obsessed with Vim, I was kinda not willing to use arrow keys when coding, I just arbitrarily presumed there're someones are with me; And since the shortcut "ctrl-space" won't be conflict with anything other commands, I would like to suggest that it should implemented with this future, actually I think that might be a very simple UX fix.

[peterflynn]

@metalbrick Does Vim have something like code hints, where Ctrl+Space works that way? I'm not familiar with any other editor where Ctrl+Space does what you're asking...

[metalbrick]

@peterflynn Vim has "Ctrl+N" that did the same work, Sublime text has the features that I described with "Ctrl+space".

[redmunds]

Making a starter bug

[ghost]

I would like to fix this bug. Where to start with?

[redmunds]

@ramsundhar20 Start by looking at editor/CodeHintManager.js and editor/CodeHintList.js

[ghost]

Hai,

I went through the code in CodeHintList.js, I updated the below line at line number 398

"} else if ((keyCode === KeyEvent.DOM_VK_DOWN)||(event.ctrlKey && (keyCode == KeyEvent.DOM_VK_SPACE))) {"

Is this enough? or some more changes needed. I want to verify the fix who can I build brackets and check it?

[redmunds]

@ramsundhar20 That sounds about right. Take a look at How to Hack on Brackets that explains how to get started contributing code.

[ghost]

The above fix doesn't work. I am working on the proper fix. I will commit it after I verified it. Thank you.

[ghost]

I made list to toggle using just ctrl, which would be more comfortable than ctrl+space

[seantw]

ctrl-space is hotkey in Windows to toggles Asian IMEs

[metalbrick]

@seantw Not in Win8 any more.

[bmax]

Hello,

I am new to OSS and thought this would be a fair bug to start. I hope it is still good to look into even though it is 2 years old.

I think I have the basic idea of how to do this but I am stuck on
CodeHintList.prototype._keydownHook = function (event) { function in CodeHintList.js, the problem is that event isn't picking up both commands ctrl+space, it's only picking up ctrl OR space.

running console.log(event); in the beginning of the _keydownHook function only shows keycode 17 (ctrl) or keycode 32 (space). Any help on figuring out how to detect both keydown events at the same time?

Here is my suggested solution: #12251

[redmunds]

@bmax As mentioned in this previous comment, on the event for the space char also verify that the ctrl key is down something like: event.ctrlKey && (event.keyCode == KeyEvent.DOM_VK_SPACE)

[petetnt]

Fixed in #12251 / 63962ce