Visual Studio C Text Editor: how to assign certain key bindings?

Mark Elfield 1

In attempting to emulate the WordStar key mappings (because of long experience with the Borland IDE), I've succeeded in mapping several of them, but am having trouble mapping these block operations:

^KB mark start of block (where ^ is the Ctrl key)

^KK mark end of block

^KC copy block (to cursor position)

^KV move block (to cursor position)

^KY delete the selected block (set by ^KB abd ^KK)

Suggestions would be appreciated.

Or, is there a code editor that already supports WordStar mapping that can be integrated into Visual Studio?

Anna Xiu-MSFT 30,011 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor

2024-10-17T03:23:36.3566667+00:00

Hi @Mark Elfield , Are you using Visual Studio Code?

Visual Studio and Visual Studio Code are different products, for VS Code issue, please post it to the GitHub-vscode forum where you would get professional support for this product.

Thanks for your understanding.
Mark Elfield 1 Reputation point

2024-10-17T03:33:11.94+00:00

I'm using Visual Studio, not Visual Studio Code.

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Anna Xiu-MSFT 30,011 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor

2024-10-17T10:08:03.22+00:00

Hi @Mark Elfield,

Welcome to Microsoft Q&A!

There isn’t a built-in feature in Visual Studio that directly supports WordStar key mappings.

You can see Wordstar key map (Linux or Windows).

Sincerely,

Anna

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Mark Elfield 1 Reputation point

2024-10-19T23:31:44.51+00:00

I know that Visual Studio doesn't have built-in WordStar mappings. But it does allow custom mapping, and (as related in my 1st post), I've mapped many of them successfully -- but am having difficulty with the block mappings listed in my 1st post.

Anna Xiu-MSFT 30,011 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor

2024-10-21T09:53:18.97+00:00

You can try to assign keys to the following commands by going to Tools > Options > Environment > Keyboard:

^KB/^KK block marking (Edit.ExpandSelectionToEntireLine)

^KC copy block (Edit.Duplicate)

^KV move block (Edit.MoveSelectedLinesUp and Edit.MoveSelectedLinesDown)

^KY delete the selected block (set by ^KB abd ^KK) (Edit.LineDelete)
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