How to change Sublime Text’s Show Console Keybinding for Non-US Keyboards

The default keybinding of Sublime Text 3 for Show Console (View > Show Console) is Ctrl+`.

However, on my laptop, this keyboard shortcut doesn’t work. My preferred operating system is Linux-based Kubuntu 16.04, which might be part of the problem.

Since I don’t have Windows on my laptop, I booted into Windows 10 on my desktop. There, I discovered that the Show Console binding was working just fine.

After consulting Google, I found that other Sublime Text users were experiencing comparable problems. And — surprise, surprise — the majority of my fellow sufferers were Windows users!

But my impression is that we do have something in common. We are all using a non-US keyboard; UK English, Spanish, Norwegian, and US International with Dead Keys — me.

Fortunately, Sublime Text is a highly customizable text editor. Our biggest problem is finding a combination of keys still available. My pick is Ctrl+/.

So, how do we alter this default keybinding?

In your Sublime Text menu, navigate to Preference > Key Bindings.

A split window appears with the Default keymap left, and the User defined keymap to the right.

In the part at the right, between the square brackets, you add:

[
	{ "keys": ["ctrl+/"], "command": "show_panel", "args": {"panel": "console", "toggle": true} }   
]

In case this is your first user defined keybinding, you might need to add the square brackets — as above — too.

Obviously, when you prefer a different key combo than Ctrl+/, replace it accordingly.

Now save the keymap documents with your addition.

When you check the View > Show Console menu entry again, you will notice the modified keyboard shortcut.

That’s it. Happy coding!