# why shift + enter ( return key ) does not work in atom for windows

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-shift-enter-return-key-does-not-work-in-atom-for-windows/12973>\
**Category:** New to Julia\
**Created:** [August 7, 2018, 6:37am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-shift-enter-return-key-does-not-work-in-atom-for-windows/12973 "2018-08-07T06:37:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lucas\_Pollito](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/lucas_pollito/32/14518_2.png) [@Lucas\_Pollito](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Lucas_Pollito)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2018, 6:37am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-shift-enter-return-key-does-not-work-in-atom-for-windows/12973/1 "2018-08-07T06:37:04Z")

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Hello

before, i use shift + enter and the program run the line … now, shift + enter = enter, nothing change …

can you help me ? i use windows …

this problems is because i run update for julia and atom

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**Author:** ![nilshg](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/nilshg/32/2283_2.png) [@nilshg](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/nilshg)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2018, 8:59am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-shift-enter-return-key-does-not-work-in-atom-for-windows/12973/2 "2018-08-07T08:59:48Z")

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I’m assuming you’re using Juno - what versions of Julia, Juno, and the atom packages are you using?

Does Ctrl+Enter work are you not able to run any code? Do you have a working REPL within Atom?

There is a known issue whereby the `julia-client` package update fails if a REPL was running during the update, in which case you can simply reinstall the package in the Atom package manager and should be fine.

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**Author:** ![Gus\_Hart](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/gus_hart/32/6987_2.png) [@Gus\_Hart](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Gus_Hart)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2019, 4:43pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-shift-enter-return-key-does-not-work-in-atom-for-windows/12973/3 "2019-01-11T16:43:28Z")

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Maybe this is obvious to everyone else…it wasn’t to me…the “run block” with shift+enter _only_ works if the file has the extension `jl` . That’s _not_ true for hitting the “lightning” button which works regardless of the file name

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**Author:** ![11112](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/11112/32/11046_2.png) [@11112](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/11112)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2019, 11:52am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-shift-enter-return-key-does-not-work-in-atom-for-windows/12973/4 "2019-02-08T11:52:22Z")

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thank you!

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**Author:** ![cagri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/0ea827/32.png) [@cagri](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/cagri)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2019, 4:10pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-shift-enter-return-key-does-not-work-in-atom-for-windows/12973/5 "2019-09-16T16:10:39Z")

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you just saved a life sir 🙂 thank you sooooo much

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**Author:** ![roi.holtzman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f05b48/32.png) [@roi.holtzman](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/roi.holtzman)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2020, 11:17am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-shift-enter-return-key-does-not-work-in-atom-for-windows/12973/6 "2020-03-26T11:17:08Z")

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REPL is working for me, and I can run a block using `SHIFT`+`ENTER`.

I want to use `ctrl`+`ENTER` to run a specific line, but that does not work. Does someone know why?

I am running on Mac (as opposed to the title in this thread), and I have vim-plus in my atom.