KDE Toggle Word-Wrap for KATE

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1

I had this set just fine in 15.2 so that when in a KATE session the F10 key would toggle dynamic word-wrap on and off.

Now that I am on 15.4, word-wrap toggle requires in the KATE session.

=>View=>Word Wrap=>Dynamic Word Wrap

I am looking for a way to re-create the 15.2 behavior (if possible).

2

Did you check your shortcuts in Kate?
Settings -> Configure Keyboard shortcuts

3

Yes. There is F10 in katepart section that turns on word wrap for the line where the cursor is located. But it is not a toggle. You must then “unwrap” each line to remove the reformatting. Ctl-Z will undo the last changed line.

In Configure Kate=>Appearance, I had already turned Dynamic Word Wrap OFF/UNCHECKED

4

This seems to be the actual situation. See https://docs.kde.org/trunk5/en/kate/katepart/kate-part-auto-wrap.html

Note

There is currently no way to set word wrap for document types, or even to enable or disable the feature on a per document level. This will be fixed in a future version of KatePart.

5

I read the referenced information. Their conclusion is not exactly true. You can turn “Dynamic Word Wrap” on and off using the sequence

View=>Word Wrap=>Dynamic Word Wrap=>Check/Uncheck

However, you must do this via the menu items and using the mouse is picky/sensitive.
It would appear that the KDE team is at least aware of the problem. My current fix is as I described above and we will have to live with it until the team decides on a solution.