Ctrl + Shift + A = List of Tabs in TCEdit

[Joe Caverly]

In Microsoft Edge,
I am often using the Ctrl + Shift + A shortcut key to display a list of the tabs that I currently have open.

This ability is also available in TCEdit,
but not with the Ctrl + Shift + A shortcut key.

I attempted to create this shortcut key in TCEdit by customizing the Windows List key assignments,
but it would not allow the Ctrl + Shift + A shortcut key.

So, I have created the shortcut key combination using AutoHotKey,
and have added it to my TCC.AHK file.

; Added Ctrl + Shift + A to display list of open tabs
;
#IfWinActive ahk_exe tcedit.exe
^+A:: Send !wm
#IfWinActive

Joe

 

[vefatica]

it would not allow the Ctrl + Shift + A shortcut key

I think that Scintilla, by default and maybe with a few exceptions, gives you control characters when you press Ctrl-Shift-A ~ Ctrl-Shift-Z.

There are a few things that are odd.

You can also get control characters with the Alt-(kp)NN mechanism, including ones you can't get with Ctrl-Shift-? (like this one)

And when you assign one of those to "Windos list", there are no complaints, it is not honored, and the control character feature mentioned above is defeated.

I couldn't find any key combination that opened the window list (I didn't try very hard). Maybe that's a bug and if "Window list" were assignable, Ctrl-Shift-A would work.

You can find discussions related to this in Notepad++ forums.

 

[vefatica]

Maybe "Window list" is a red herring. If you assign Ctrl-Shift-A to "More windows ..." it works, giving this (same as !wm).

 

[Joe Caverly]

You can open the "Window List" in TCEdit without my AutoHotKey shortcut with the following sequence;

Alt+W
m

Joe

 

[Joe Caverly]

Thankyou Vince, that does it.

You are correct that assigning the shortcut key to "Window List" does nothing.

Assigning the shortcut key to "More Windows..." opens the list of tabs.

Joe

 

[Joe Caverly]

The option in the menu now also includes the assigned shortcut key;

Joe