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Can not use shortcut to active `find in files` interface sometimes

#1

Hi, I am using Sublime Text 3190 on Windows 10 1803. Sometimes, I can not use Ctrl + Shift + F to activate the Find in Files interface. I have to manually click Find --> Find in Files..., which is cumbersome.

It seems random and I do not know the exact condition to trigger this behavior.

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#2

For in-Sublime reasons that this might happen, the first thing that comes to mind would be a key conflict of some sort. It’s possible for example that a key binding exists other than the default with a context in it that makes it active only in certain cases.

Probably a long shot, but using the FindKeyConflicts package may be of use to see if there is more than one binding for that key.

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#3

I haven’t defined any keybindings which over-ride the system default, this is my user keybinding:

[
    { "keys": ["ctrl+shift+m"], "command": "markdown_preview_select", "args": {"target": "browser"} },
    {"keys": ["ctrl+shift+w"], "command": "close_all"},
    { "keys": ["ctrl+k", "ctrl+t"], "command": "title_case" },
    { "keys": ["ctrl+shift+o"], "command": "prompt_open_folder" },
    { "keys": ["ctrl+alt+p"], "command": "open_dir", "args": {"dir": "$packages/User"} },
    { "keys": ["ctrl+'"], "command": "show_panel", "args": {"panel": "console", "toggle": true} },
]

I installed the package you mentioned and ctrl + shift + f is only used by the Sublime Text default binding:

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