Change the Enter key to Return key on MacOS

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Problem Description

I would like to change the Enter key to Return key on MacOS. One less key to press. If it fits with the UX and is relatively straightforward, I would gladly make a PR.

Version

Spyder 3.2.8 Python 3.6.3 64bits, Qt 5.9.4, PyQt5 5.9.2 on Darwin

Dependencies

IPython >=4.0    :  6.3.1 (OK)
cython >=0.21    :  None (NOK)
jedi >=0.9.0     :  0.12.0 (OK)
nbconvert >=4.0  :  5.3.1 (OK)
numpy >=1.7      :  1.14.2 (OK)
pandas >=0.13.1  :  None (OK)
psutil >=0.3     :  5.4.5 (OK)
pycodestyle >=2.3:  2.4.0 (OK)
pyflakes >=0.6.0 :  1.6.0 (OK)
pygments >=2.0   :  2.2.0 (OK)
pylint >=0.25    :  1.8.4 (OK)
qtconsole >=4.2.0:  4.3.1 (OK)
rope >=0.9.4     :  0.9.4-1 (OK)
sphinx >=0.6.6   :  1.7.4 (OK)
sympy >=0.7.3    :  None (NOK)```

[minhtriet]

Thank you @CAM-Gerlach for the answer. Preferences > Keyboard shortcuts shows that run current cell is ^⏎. I agree with you that this is really a part of #7146 and will close the issue.

[CAM-Gerlach]

Yes, Shift Return somehow works, but also advances to the next cell.

If you look in our keyboard shortcuts editor (Preferences > Keyboard shortcuts), or the shortcuts summary (Help > Shortcuts Summary), you’ll see that’s the designated shortcut for run cell and advance, i.e. run the current cell and then go to the next one, which is exactly what you are describing, so it is behaving exactly as expected.

I would like to evaluate a cell by pressing Control-Return rather than Control-Shift-Return.

I believe the former (i.e. Cmd-Return on a Mac) should be the default shortcut, but did you check it in the keyboard shortcuts editor in the preferences? Enter on a PC should be equivalent to Return on a Mac, though the naming might not be properly responsive which is really a part of #7146 which should be in the process of being addressed for 3.3.1.