I don’t know how long Google Docs has had CMD-SHIFT-P as a shortcut for “show non-printing characters”, but this blocks the “Insert citation” shortcut from being detected.
Is there a way to re-enable it?
I’m using Chrome 117.0.5938.132.
@Pete_Carlton Thanks for your report. This can happen if you hit the shortcut twice in a row fast - is that what you’ve been observing? It should work normally if you hit the shortcut once. The team has made a bug for this issue.
Thanks for the reply, and no, I wasn’t typing it twice in a row fast.
But, this suggestion did make me realize that this issue only appears on a Mac where I use a non-standard keyboard (FILCO Majestouch 2). It doesn’t happen on a laptop, and it doesn’t happen with an Apple (bluetooth) keyboard on the same Mac where the issue happens.
Interestingly, if I press CMD-SHIFT-P twice quickly on a laptop or with the bluetooth keyboard, or hold down CMD-SHIFT-P, the “View nonprinting” state toggles on and off without triggering Paperpile.
After double-tapping or holding down CMD-SHIFT-P, if I keep holding down CMD and SHIFT, then even if I hit the P once at a time, it still only toggles the “View nonprinting” state. I have to let go of CMD and SHIFT, then hit CMD-SHIFT-P, for “Insert citation” to trigger.
A bit hard to explain in detail but I hope this is enough for you to find out what’s going on. Thanks!
I also see this behavior as @Pete_Carlton describes.
Long holds, short presses, pressing and releasing, laptop keyboard, external keyboard: none of this works. It always triggers the new “toggle printable” shortcut in Google Docs.
I’m using recent version of Safari.
This has suddenly happened to me as well. Is there a fix? I cannot get the shortcut to work no matter how many “long” or “short” presses I try.
mac user on chrome.