Vscode: Add a setting to disable mnemonics in the menu so that Alt+F can be bound

[blackmiaool]

• VSCode Version:
  Version 1.8.1
  Commit ee428b0eead68bf0fb99ab5fdc4439be227b6281
  Date 2016-12-19T14:41:20.664Z
  Shell 1.4.6
  Renderer 53.0.2785.143
  Node 6.5.0
• OS Version:
  ubuntu 14.04LTS
  Steps to Reproduce:

1. Install plugin "Emacs"
2. Press Alt+f and find the "File" menu is triggered. (expect: Alt+F Move cursor to previous word)

It contains

{ "key": "alt+f",                 "command": "emacs.cursorWordRight",
                                     "when": "editorTextFocus" },

in keybinding.json

I think it's not the plugin's problem. Any advice?

[rebornix]

@blackmiaool if Code works without this extension, I'll suggest to start investigation from that extension :)

[blackmiaool]

@rebornix I tried to disable the plugin and edited config file like this:
// Place your key bindings in this file to overwrite the defaults

[
    {
        "key": "alt+f",
        "command": "cursorWordStartLeft",
        "when": "editorTextFocus"
    },
    {
        "key": "alt+b",
        "command": "cursorWordStartLeft",
        "when": "editorTextFocus"
    }
]

Then I restarted the vscode and tried them.
I found that the alt+b worked well, and the alt+f triggered the menu "File".

[rebornix]

alt+f is a system keybinding for File Menu I'm afraid.

[Tyriar]

@alexandrudima do we support overriding the alt menu shortcuts?

[Tyriar]

@jaseonline I'm just asking the feature owner what the expected behavior is.

[alexdima]

It appears it is not possible to bind anything to alt+f on Ubuntu because it does not reach the renderer process, the reason being that the File menu uses F as a mnemonic.

@bpasero can decide if he wants to make menu mnemonics configurable in any way to allow for alt+f to reach the renderer process.

https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/blob/master/src/vs/code/electron-main/menus.ts#L298

[yogan]

Any idea when/if this setting will be merged?

[bpasero]

Will be available for our June release.

[blackmiaool]

@bpasero 1.13 is released. Does it contain this feature? How can we achieve it now? I tried the emacs plugin , it still doesn't work (alt-f triggers file menu).

[bpasero]

@blackmiaool https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_13#_disable-menu-bar-mnemonics