# Pinegrow Settings → Use Emmet in code editor. Some hotkeys don't works

**URL:** https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/pinegrow-settings-use-emmet-in-code-editor-some-hotkeys-dont-works/195
**Category:** General
**Tags:** bug
**Created:** [September 14, 2016, 6:57pm UTC](https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/pinegrow-settings-use-emmet-in-code-editor-some-hotkeys-dont-works/195 "2016-09-14T18:57:54Z")
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### Author: ![quaritexa](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.pinegrow.com/quaritexa/32/101_2.png) [@quaritexa](https://forum.pinegrow.com/u/quaritexa)
#### Post date: [September 14, 2016, 6:57pm UTC](https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/pinegrow-settings-use-emmet-in-code-editor-some-hotkeys-dont-works/195/1 "2016-09-14T18:57:54Z")

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These hotkeys are not working:  
Cmd-L: Select line  
Cmd-Shift-M: Merge Lines  
Cmd-B: Reflect CSS Value (interfere with Pinegrow)

How to fix it?

How to redefine Pinegrow’s hotkeys?

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### Author: ![Emmanuel](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.pinegrow.com/emmanuel/32/6294_2.png) [@Emmanuel](https://forum.pinegrow.com/u/Emmanuel)
#### Post date: [September 15, 2016, 12:06pm UTC](https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/pinegrow-settings-use-emmet-in-code-editor-some-hotkeys-dont-works/195/2 "2016-09-15T12:06:43Z")

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We are going to have a look at your feedback.

Tip: In the mean time, what about using Emmett from Atom code editor?

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### Author: ![quaritexa](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.pinegrow.com/quaritexa/32/101_2.png) [@quaritexa](https://forum.pinegrow.com/u/quaritexa)
#### Post date: [September 16, 2016, 6:53am UTC](https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/pinegrow-settings-use-emmet-in-code-editor-some-hotkeys-dont-works/195/3 "2016-09-16T06:53:24Z")

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I don’t want to use Atom. It is too slow. Now I learn vim.

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### Author: ![Emmanuel](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.pinegrow.com/emmanuel/32/6294_2.png) [@Emmanuel](https://forum.pinegrow.com/u/Emmanuel)
#### Post date: [September 16, 2016, 7:10am UTC](https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/pinegrow-settings-use-emmet-in-code-editor-some-hotkeys-dont-works/195/4 "2016-09-16T07:10:27Z")

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You can use your favorite editor as long as Auto-reload files is activated in your settings HTML and .CSS/.LESS files will be auto-reloaded if modified in external editors.

Convenient isn’t it? 🌲

 ![](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/pinegrow/original/1X/8a4283677b30d1f3932bd8c3cf598d8391b4654c.jpg)

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### Author: ![quaritexa](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.pinegrow.com/quaritexa/32/101_2.png) [@quaritexa](https://forum.pinegrow.com/u/quaritexa)
#### Post date: [September 18, 2016, 1:32am UTC](https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/pinegrow-settings-use-emmet-in-code-editor-some-hotkeys-dont-works/195/5 "2016-09-18T01:32:30Z")

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I know that can use any external editor with Pinegrow. But this ability does not justify the non-working Emmett keys.

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### Author: ![matjaz](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.pinegrow.com/matjaz/32/5_2.png) [@matjaz](https://forum.pinegrow.com/u/matjaz)
#### Post date: [September 19, 2016, 8:23am UTC](https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/pinegrow-settings-use-emmet-in-code-editor-some-hotkeys-dont-works/195/6 "2016-09-19T08:23:16Z")

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Not sure why some shortcuts are blocked, like CMD+L. PG doesn’t use that key combination. Will investigate further.

PG would need a sort of keyboard shortcut mapping settings. Probably somewhere in 3.x.

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### Author: ![quaritexa](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.pinegrow.com/quaritexa/32/101_2.png) [@quaritexa](https://forum.pinegrow.com/u/quaritexa)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2019, 11:37pm UTC](https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/pinegrow-settings-use-emmet-in-code-editor-some-hotkeys-dont-works/195/7 "2019-07-12T23:37:15Z")

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How about emmet hotkeys under windows?

> **[emmetio/codemirror](https://github.com/emmetio/codemirror#default-keybindings)**
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> Emmet plugin for CodeMirror online editor. Contribute to emmetio/codemirror development by creating an account on GitHub.
