How to selectively disable key bindings?

[imax9000]

Problem description

I want to disable the following:

{ "keys": ["enter"], "command": "run_macro_file", "args": {"file": "res://Packages/Default/Add Line in Braces.sublime-macro"}, "context":
    [
        { "key": "setting.auto_indent", "operator": "equal", "operand": true },
        { "key": "selection_empty", "operator": "equal", "operand": true, "match_all": true },
        { "key": "preceding_text", "operator": "regex_contains", "operand": "\\{$", "match_all": true },
        { "key": "following_text", "operator": "regex_contains", "operand": "^\\}", "match_all": true }
    ]
},
{ "keys": ["shift+enter"], "command": "run_macro_file", "args": {"file": "res://Packages/Default/Add Line in Braces.sublime-macro"}, "context":
    [
        { "key": "setting.auto_indent", "operator": "equal", "operand": true },
        { "key": "selection_empty", "operator": "equal", "operand": true, "match_all": true },
        { "key": "preceding_text", "operator": "regex_contains", "operand": "\\{$", "match_all": true },
        { "key": "following_text", "operator": "regex_contains", "operand": "^\\}", "match_all": true }
    ]
},

How do I do that without patching Default.sublime-package (and having to repeat that on every update) and without removing the normal functionality of the Enter key (which "command":"noop" would do, IIUC)?

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[jfcherng]

I think there is no concept of "disabling" a keybinding in ST. All keybindings are piled up and there is no way to "remove" a single keybinding. People may say "another command gets preferred" is effectively "disabling the original keybinding" (i.e., the noop way you mentioned). However, they are all there.

[imax9000]

.config/sublime-text/Packages
├── Default
│   └── Default (Linux).sublime-keymap
└── User
    └── Preferences.sublime-settings

Okay, this seems to work, but I won't be seeing any changes done in the Default package unless I merge them manually.

[imax9000]

I think there is no concept of "disabling" a keybinding in ST. All keybindings are piled up and there is no way to "remove" a single keybinding. People may say "another command gets preferred" is effectively "disabling the original keybinding" (i.e., the noop way you mentioned). However, they are all there.

Ack, thanks. So there's no way to do it other than replacing the whole keymap.

[rchl]

In this case this key binding depends on auto_indent preference being enabled. So disabling the preference will disable those key bindings. The potential issue with that is that there are also other key bindings that depend on auto_indent preference and you maybe would not want all of them to be disabled.

[imax9000]

In this case this key binding depends on auto_indent preference being enabled. So disabling the preference will disable those key bindings. The potential issue with that is that there are also other key bindings that depend on auto_indent preference and you maybe would not want all of them to be disabled.

Exactly.

[keith-hall]

I believe the canonical way is to just duplicate the binding into your user keybindings file and replace the command with noop - as all the contexts will be the same, no other keybindings will be lost.