Why am I unable to use Copy (Ctrl+C) and Paste (Ctrl+V) keyboard short-cuts in the text editing mode in MATLAB 7.8 (R2009a) with Windows XP?
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MathWorks Support Team
on 15 Mar 2012
Commented: Image Analyst
on 20 Mar 2023
I am using MATLAB 7.8 (R2009a) on Windows XP to write my code. However, I am not able to use Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V keyboard short-cuts in the MATLAB editor.
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MathWorks Support Team
on 20 Mar 2023
Edited: MathWorks Support Team
on 20 Mar 2023
The keyboard short-cuts for Copy (Ctrl+C) and Paste (Ctrl+V) may not work if the "Editor/debugger key bindings" preference is set to "Emacs" instead of "Windows".
In order to check the MATLAB Keyboard preferences n MATLAB 7.8 (R2009a) go to File -- > Preferences --> Keyboard and look for the "Editor/debugger key bindings" options on the "Keyboard Preferences" pane. If the "Editor/debugger key bindings" option is set to "Emacs", the Copy (Ctrl+C) and Paste (Ctrl+V) features will be disabled. To enable these features, change the "Editor/debugger key bindings" option to "Windows" and click on the "Apply" button in the right bottom corner of the "Preferences" window.
If you are using MATLAB 7.9 (R2009b) - MATLAB 7.14 (R2012a) go to File -> Preferences -> Keyboard -> Shortcuts, or for MATLAB 8.0 (R2012b) - MATLAB 8.2 (R2013b) click the Preferences button in the Environment section of the Home tab and navigate to Keyboard -> Shortcuts. Make sure that under Active Settings, "Windows Default Set" is selected. This will ensure that the Keyboard Shortcuts Preferences are mapped to the default Windows settings i.e. Copy (Ctrl+C) and Paste (Ctrl+V).
Note: Make sure that there are no conflicts listed under the 'All Possible Conflicts' section if you included other customization.
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Image Analyst
on 20 Mar 2023
It's a known, intermittent bug they're trying to fix. See other thread: https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/321284-copy-and-paste-not-working-in-the-matlab-editor?s_tid=srchtitle
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