The keyboard shortcut "control+F6" fails to move the focus to the next window.

The shortcut ^F6 should change the focus to the next window.

When I am in the Editor, the command ^F6 does move the cursor to the Command Window.

However, I am unable to type in the Command Window unless I click on it.

Also, I am unable to press enter to execute a command in History (the up and down arrows do bring the command history).

This feature works fine in Matlab 2016. However, now that I am using Matlab 2023a is broken.

Concretely, the shorcut control+F6 does move the cursor but fails to move the focus.

[Manikanta Aditya]

Hi Victor, Are you using MATLAB desktop or MATLAB online? The Control F6 shortcut is useful to move forward through the different areas of the MATLAB Online desktop, including the toolstrip, Current Folder toolbar, sidebar panels, and Command Window

[Victor de Lafuente]

Dear Manikanta, thank you for your prompt and kind response.

I'm using Matlab Desktop 2023a, and I like to use the keyboard shortcuts to navigate across Matlab Windows. I am not sure if I am being clear about the issue of the cursor efectively moving to the Command Window, but at the same time being unable to write or press enter in that window. I see the cursor blinking in the Command Window, but I can not interact with that window unless I click over it with the mouse, which pretty much negates the utility of the keyboard shortcuts. I am on a MacOS (Ventura). May uploading a video would be helpful to illustrate what I consider to be a bug? (a bug in Ventura or Matlab, I don´t kow).

Best regards,

Victor

[Victor de Lafuente]

Dear Manikanta, I went through the whole documentation regarding the use of keyboard shortcuts. I have done it many times already. The problem is that although the cursor switches from the Editor to the Command Window, I am unable to interact with the command window unles I click on it, which negates the utility of keyboard shortcuts. I ask you to please avoid the use of canned responses and try to understand my problem. Have you tried yourself? Does it work for you? Thank you! Victor.

[Victor de Lafuente]

This issue seems to be exclusive of Matlab installed on macOS, and it is more general than I had thought.

After running the following code I have to click two times over the Command Window to actually bring it to focus.

figure(1)

plot([1 2 3],[1 2 3])

[Amit Dhakite]

Hi Victor,

Are you running base 2023a or do you have any updates installed?

[Victor de Lafuente]

Hi Amit,

I'm running MATLAB Version: 9.14.0.2254940 (R2023a) Update 2

Answer 1

[Amit Dhakite]

Hi Victor,

I understand that you are trying to shift focus to the Command Window and interact with it by pressing Command + F6, and it is not behaving as expected on your system running macOS.

This is a known issue with MATLAB on macOS, and unfortunately the only workaround is to click on the Command Window to interact with it.

With regards,

Amit