Customizing Keyboard Shortcuts in MySql Workbench
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Having spent a number of years working primarily with MS SQL Server (and hence SQL Server Management Studio for common tasks), I am now beginning to work with MySql. To date I have been using MySQL Workbench and am generally happy with it.
I would, however, like to be able to assign custom keyboard shortcuts for certain commands (e.g. commands from http://dev.mysql.com/doc/workbench/en/wb-keys.html">this list). For example, I'd prefer to stick to the MS-SQL approach of 'F5' to execute queries, rather than hitting 'Modifier+Return'. I haven't yet come across a simple way to do this. My questions are then:
- Is this possible somehow in MySQL Workbench (e.g. additional plugin)?
- If not, do any of the alternatives to MySQL Workbench offer this functionality?
Environment:
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, 32 bit
- MySQL server version 5.5.24-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
- MySQL Workbench Version 5.2.38, rev 8753
Cheers!
Mysql Solutions
Solution 1 - Mysql
You can modify the main_menu.xml
file (for me on Ubuntu 12.04 this was in /usr/share/mysql-workbench/data/
). After you modify it, you'll need to restart MySQL Workbench.
It'll look like this
<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+E</value>
</value>
The second to last line (Modifier+E) was edited by me. Previously it said "Modifier+Shift+Return". Note that this is NOT an alias (you cannot have both).