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Basically, I would like ⇥ and ⇧+⇥ to "Shift Right" and "Shift Right" (Menu items to indent or unindent selection) in TextMate.

However, I can't set them using the System Preferences GUI, as pressing ⇥ tabs to the next UI button.

Is there a way I can do that, maybe using a TextMate-specific custom KeyBindings.dict?

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You could cp /Applications/TextMate.app/Contents/Resources/KeyBindings.dict ~/Libary/Application\ Support/TextMate/ and add:

"\t" = shiftRight:;
"$\t" = shiftLeft:;

That would prevent expanding snippets with tab though.

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Well you might run into a stone wall there because by default the system protects and limits the functions of tab so as to ensure proper system response... System Preferences > Keyboard allows one to turn tab to be used for all dialogs in a window, etc.

That being said, are you able to (in the same Keyboard preference window) add in a custom action. Under 10.7, you should have in the right window "Application Shortcuts" from there you can press "+" and select TextMate and then select the menu action you would like to perform. Then simply enter they key strokes.

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  • Yes, this is what I am doing.
    – julien_c
    Commented Jan 14, 2012 at 11:00
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Custom application keyboard shortcuts are stored in the program's property list file in ~/Libary/Preferences, e.g. com.macromates.textmate.plist.

You can assign a keyboard shortcut (e.g. by adding Ctrl to both) using System Preferences and then edit the file to get the correct keyboard shortcut (by removing ^ from the shortcut, which is Ctrl).

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Unfortunately, it still doesn't work. Pressing the key combination does not trigger the menu item it's assigned to, for both Tab and Shift-Tab. The previously assign Ctrl-Tab and Ctrl-Shift-Tab work without problems.

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So, in this case, I'm afraid it's just not possible.

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  • @gentmatt Please make sure your formatting edits don't break the answer. Thanks.
    – Daniel Beck
    Commented Jan 24, 2012 at 8:38
  • I'm just trying to keep the formatting consistent here on AskDifferent. It's not nice if everybody uses different formatting in his/her post.
    – gentmatt
    Commented Jan 24, 2012 at 8:52
  • @gentmatt I noticed. I only commented on it since you got this one wrong.
    – Daniel Beck
    Commented Jan 24, 2012 at 9:08
  • How? Do you mean the little empty space between the lines or something else? Just curious :)
    – gentmatt
    Commented Jan 24, 2012 at 9:18
  • @gentmatt ^ is a character (in this context), not a key. Everything else was fine as far as I could tell.
    – Daniel Beck
    Commented Jan 24, 2012 at 9:29

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