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Posted by Kristine Vinogradova
Kristine Vinogradova
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How do you get control and closed bracket key on Mac Book Pro?

I cannot find a way to use control and closed bracket key on Mac book Pro

3 Answers

Jason Larson
Jason Larson
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Jason Larson
Jason Larson
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After seeing in Mario's other question that he has already tried cmd + Alt + ] and that didn't work, then I would propose that you use a different keyboard shortcut altogether. If you go to File --> Preferences --> Keyboard Shortcuts, you can go down to the "Indent Line" command and click the little pencil icon to the left of it and then define your own keyboard shortcut.

Mario Luna Ostos
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Mario Luna Ostos
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Jason thanks a million for your answer. I was finally able to do it.

Jason Larson
Jason Larson
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Jason Larson
Jason Larson
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According to this reference, it should be Command + ]. (It's the 8th item under Basic editing.

You should be able to access this same reference within VS Code by going to Help --> Keyboard Shortcuts Reference.

Mario Luna Ostos
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Mario Luna Ostos
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Mario Luna Ostos
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Mario Luna Ostos
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Hello, I have been trying the proposed solution but the main problem is that the symbols (+), (*) and (]) are in the same item. Therefore, the only way to get a (]) is pressing alt + ]. Therefore, It's not really working when I press cmd + ], because the computer would take it as another command.

thanks in advance for your time :)

Jason Larson
Jason Larson
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If you were typing into a text editor, what would you press on your keyboard to type the ]? What would you press to type the + or *? If, for example, you have to press Shift + (+/*/]) to enter the right bracket, then the sequence should be cmd + Shift + ]. If you have to press Alt + (+/*/]) to display the right bracket, then the sequence would be cmd + Alt + ].