I am unable to either use or re-create the ctrl+enter VS Code shortcut on macOS. Other combinations ending in enter work just fine.

I have tried to:

1. load VS Code without any extensions through code --disable-extensions
2. confirmed that the keyboard still registers enter keystrokes
3. "restore to default" all macOS keyboard shortcuts
4. use the VS Code Insider build

All to no avail.

When registering a new shortcut, VS Code just does not register the enter key when it is pressed together with ctrl:

shift+enter works fine:

I am unable to either use or re-create the ctrl+enter VS Code shortcut on macOS. Other combinations ending in enter work just fine.

I have tried to:

1. load VS Code without any extensions through code --disable-extensions
2. confirmed that the keyboard still registers enter keystrokes
3. "restore to default" all macOS keyboard shortcuts
4. use the VS Code Insider build

All to no avail.

When registering a new shortcut, VS Code just does not register the enter key when it is pressed together with ctrl:

shift+enter works fine:

• macos
• visual-studio-code
• keyboard-shortcuts

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...two more consecutive reboots solved the issue. I was unable to determine the root cause.