Is there a way to bind the console to another key?

[Skaruts]

Is there way to bind it? I tried a few things like toggle_console, view_console, show_console, and whatever else came to mind, but nothing seems to work...

 

I'd like to bind the console to a different key because I find the default Ctrl+Alt+\ or Ctrl+Alt+Shift+\ (the key next to 1 in my keyboard is a backslash) to be quite annoying to use, and com_allowConsole 1 isn't very convenient for me because it types a "\" in the console when it opens, and I keep having to delete it. Also because it's my preferred key to put away weapons, so it gets in the way of my gameplay.

Edited October 14, 2018 by Skaruts

[HMart]

Afaik you can't change the console keybinds, they are hardcoded, unless of course you change them in the engine source code and that IMO is not desirable because would affect everyone else using the console. And IMO deleting a \ is a small inconvenience.

[Skaruts]

Well it's not just the \, it's also that I use that key to put weapons away...

 

Well that sucks... It's inconvenient both ways then...

 

unless of course you change them in the engine source code and that IMO is not desirable because would affect everyone else using the console.

Not really. The changes that would need to be made would only be to allow binding keys to a command that pops out the console. Everything should remain the same by default, but would have the added functionality of allowing you to change the default key.

 

Most likely no one would even notice if you didn't tell anyone you made that change.