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I probably changed some setting by mistake, how do I get the control key to work again??
Given I open a terminal in IntelliJ (2016.2.3)
And I run a command that takes some time to run
When I press control + c
Then I should see the command being aborted
Instead I see the letter c is typed instead.
Basically the control key is not working at all in the embedded terminal.
The same scenario works on webstorm and iterm. So it's definitely IntelliJ
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First open Terminal, then select Terminal, Preferences, Settings. For the Home and End keys set 'send string to shell', and in the text box enter Control-A for Home and Control-E for End.
Here's how: Press Command + Space Bar on your Mac keyboard (alternatively, press F4) Type in “Terminal” When you see Terminal in the Spotlight search list, click it to open the app.
Press ⇧ Cmd C. Press v to select and the entire line. Press Ctrl k or y to copy the selection. Press Esc to leave copy mode.
Short answer: Revert to previous version
IntelliJ IDEA 2016.2.3 seems to have a bug that prevents the control key to be sent to the terminal. I reverted to the previous version and it fixed it for me.
This is not the best answer, but it's the only way I could find to fix it. Thanks @charles-o for pointing out that he started seeing this problem after updating.
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