Execute statement by shortcut in MySQLWorkbench

Question

How can I execute any statement in MySQLWorkbench using shortcut? Now I have to press button (yellow lightning). Of course I have read this in the documentation: Table 14.6 - query menu (Table 14.6 - query menu) but I don't know what does mean Modifier+Return ?

As we can read Modifier is Ctrl (in Windows) but what is Return?

Answer 1

Return = Enter key. So Ctrl + Enter key should execute.

Answer 2

MySQL Workbench 6.3

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Default key mapping

• Execute (All or Selection) -> Ctrl+Shift+Enter

• Execute Current Statement -> Ctrl+Enter

  

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Change the default mapping

Open:

C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Workbench 6.3 CE\data\main_menu.xml

If you search for Execute (All or Selection) and for Execute Current Statement, you'll also identify (based on what you see in the screenshot above) the meaning of Modifier and Return:

• Modifier = Ctrl
• Return = Enter

Here you can change the default mappings. Being familiar with other tools like SQuirreL SQL and pgAdmin, I always prefer to run only the selected query using Ctrl+Enter or F5, so I change the following in the main_menu.xml:

1. To run the selected query using Ctrl+Enter:

    <value type="object" struct-name="app.MenuItem" id="com.mysql.wb.menu.query.exec">        <link type="object" key="owner" struct-name="app.MenuItem">com.mysql.wb.menu.query</link>        <value type="string" key="caption">Execute (All or Selection)</value>        <value type="string" key="name">query.execute</value>        <value type="string" key="command">builtin:query.execute</value>        <value type="string" key="itemType">action</value>        <value type="string" key="shortcut">Modifier+Return</value>     </value>      ...     <value type="object" struct-name="app.MenuItem" id="com.mysql.wb.menu.query.execute_current_statementwin">        <link type="object" key="owner" struct-name="app.MenuItem">com.mysql.wb.menu.query</link>        <value type="string" key="caption">Execute Current Statement</value>        <value type="string" key="name">query.execute_current_statement</value>        <value type="string" key="command">builtin:query.execute_current_statement</value>        <value type="string" key="itemType">action</value>        <value type="string" key="shortcut">Modifier+Shift+Return</value>       <value type="string" key="platform">windows</value>     </value>  

2. Run the selected query using F5:

    <value type="object" struct-name="app.MenuItem" id="com.mysql.wb.menu.query.exec">        <link type="object" key="owner" struct-name="app.MenuItem">com.mysql.wb.menu.query</link>        <value type="string" key="caption">Execute (All or Selection)</value>        <value type="string" key="name">query.execute</value>        <value type="string" key="command">builtin:query.execute</value>        <value type="string" key="itemType">action</value>        <value type="string" key="shortcut">F5</value>     </value>  

Save the file and restart MySQL Workbench to see the changes.