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    Keyboard Shortcuts in Challenges

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    This article explains how to enable keyboard shortcuts in challenges and provides a detailed overview of what each shortcut does.

     


    How to enable Keyboard Shortcuts

    Step 1

    You can view all available keyboard shortcuts in 3 different ways:

    1. Select Shift ?

    2. Click the 'View shortcuts' button

    3. Click the gear icon and choose 'Show hotkeys'

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    Step 2

    This will open a popup, simply toggle on/off the "Keyboard Hotkeys" setting 

     

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    Available Shortcuts

    Shortcut Name Shortcut Binding Shortcut Explanation
    Pick solution 1,2,3,4 Switches between the different solutions 1-4 respectively
    Submit answer Shift + Enter Submit the currently selected answer
    Focus file explorer 0 Moves the keyboard focus to the file explorer section 
    Syntax highlighting H Removes any syntax highlighting (different coloured text in the code)
    Word Wrap W Wraps the text so you will not have to scroll left to right for longer pieces of code
    Toggle inline/side-by-side diff view I Toggles between an inline view of the differences between the vulnerable code and your selected solution or display both side-by-side
    Hints G This will open the Hint window, pressing G again will use the available hint
    Expand/collapse sidebar ' This will expand or close the informational bar on the left-hand side
    Show hotkeys ? Opens the "view shortcuts" pop up
    Skip challenge S Skips the challenge, if available this will find a similar challenge of the same vulnerability as an alternative.
    Search files by name P This will open a popup of all available file names in the challenge. Search for the file and hit enter to open it.
    Open previously marked file Shift + K This will open the previously marked file in the file explorer (files marked with *)
    Open next marked file Shift + J This will open the next marked file in the file explorer (files marked with *)
    Jump to previous highlighted lines Shift + H This will jump to the previously highlighted code chunk
    Jump to next highlighted lines Shift + L This will jump to the next highlighted code chunk



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