Hotkeys not working in matlab

Hi everyone! For some unknown reason, hotkeys do not work in the editor and command window. When I select the hotkey editor in the settings, for example Ctrl+W... I'm trying to set Ctrl+W, i press Ctrl+W but Matlab displays it as Ctrl+[]. So it's like it can't understand the symbol. Plz help. It's impossible to work without Ctrl+Z, Ctrl+C, etc.

OS: Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS x86_64

[Matt J]

Have you tested to see if Ctrl+W works? Since it is listed above Ctrl+[], I don't see why they both wouldn't be recognized.

[Ramil Ahtamyanov]

Matt J, none of the preset hotkeys (Ctrl+W/Ctrl+C/Ctrl+V/et cet.) work. No copy, no paste, no comment, no uncomment. Nothing. When I try to add a hotkey, it shows up as Ctrl+[] whichever key I press. Of course, I could manually mark all the keys I need in this way. But they don't work either. Ctrl+[] option doesn't work in command window or editor

[Yoav]

Any update on this issue? I'm having the same problem and nothing I try works.

I use MATLAB 2023b on Linux Mint.

Thanks!

[Aniket]

Hi @Yoav, the issue seems to be related to keyboard layout. Can you let me know what language keyboard you are using ? Also please try using on-screen English-US keyboard and check if the issue persists.

Answer 1

[Samar]

Hi @Ramil Ahtamyanov,

I believe keyboard shortcuts are not working because of the following reasons:

1. Unsupported keyboard layout.
2. Unsupported OS. Pop!_OS is not supported by MATLAB.

I have been using Ubuntu 22.04 OS for running MATLAB and all the keyboard shortcuts run as intended.

The system requirements can be cross-checked through the link given below:

www.mathworks.com/support/requirements/previous-releases.html

Changing keyboard layout at OS level can help as well.

Regards,

Samar