Keyboard settings issues

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Thy Grand Voidinesss
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Keyboard settings issues

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#1] When user selects some entry from the list in the

Tools > Options > General > Keyboard

and then clicks Remove button then focus is removed from the box with that list thus forcing user to click in it instead of using arrows to go to other entries


#2] It is impossible to add keyboard shortcut to e.g. [c]File | Custom Open 05[/c] unless user already has already defined [thus apparently turned it on] at

Tools > Options > Advanced > custom_open_command05



#3] If user at

Tools > Options > General > Keyboard > Edit > Shortcut key

enters a shortcut that already exists then in the below box of

Tools > Options > General > Keyboard > Edit > Shortcut key currently used by

it will be shown where / what it is already being used for. And so if user wants to get rid of the old association, then user has to remember that info and manually go to proper entry on the

Tools > Options > General > Keyboard

list and use either Edit or Remove button on it

For convenience I propose adding a way to remove that old / other one already from within All Keyboard Shortcut window that has opened for the option user wants to assign shortcut


#4] Quick double left click on any entry available on the

Tools > Options > General > Keyboard

list should be equal to pushing Add and / or Edit button
Last edited by Thy Grand Voidinesss on Sun Nov 05, 2023 7:57 pm, edited 4 times in total.
void
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Re: Keyboard settings issues

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#1] When user selects some entry from the list in the

Tools > Options > General > Keyboard

and then clicks Remove button then focus is removed from the box with that list thus forcing user to click in it instead of using arrows to go to other entries
Press Alt + V to remove the current keys without losing focus from the result list.


#2] It is impossible to add keyboard shortcut to e.g.
File | Custom Open 05
unless user already has already defined [thus apparently turned it on] at

Tools > Options > Advanced > custom_open_command05
You can set a keyboard shortcut to custom open 5 without it being defined.
Pressing the keyboard shortcut will do nothing until you define the command.


#3] If user at

Tools > Options > General > Keyboard > Edit > Shortcut key

enters a shortcut that already exists then in the below box of

Tools > Options > General > Keyboard > Edit > Shortcut key currently used by

it will be shown where / what it is already being used for. And so if user wants to get rid of the old association, then user has to remember that info and manually go to proper entry on the

Tools > Options > General > Keyboard

list and use either Edit or Remove button on it

For convenience I propose adding a way to remove that old / other one already from within All Keyboard Shortcut window that has opened for the option user wants to assign shortcut
Everything will automatically remove existing keyboard shortcuts.
(Everything doesn't allow binding a key to more than one command)
Thy Grand Voidinesss
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Re: Keyboard settings issues

Post by Thy Grand Voidinesss »

void wrote: Fri Aug 04, 2023 9:01 am
#1] When user selects some entry from the list in the

Tools > Options > General > Keyboard

and then clicks Remove button then focus is removed from the box with that list thus forcing user to click in it instead of using arrows to go to other entries
Press Alt + V to remove the current keys without losing focus from the result list.
It is now [in version 1.5.0.1359a x64 portable] not necessary to do so, as clicking the Remove button does not make that box loose focus

void wrote: Fri Aug 04, 2023 9:01 am [...]
#3] If user at

Tools > Options > General > Keyboard > Edit > Shortcut key

enters a shortcut that already exists then in the below box of

Tools > Options > General > Keyboard > Edit > Shortcut key currently used by

it will be shown where / what it is already being used for. And so if user wants to get rid of the old association, then user has to remember that info and manually go to proper entry on the

Tools > Options > General > Keyboard

list and use either Edit or Remove button on it

For convenience I propose adding a way to remove that old / other one already from within All Keyboard Shortcut window that has opened for the option user wants to assign shortcut
Everything will automatically remove existing keyboard shortcuts.
(Everything doesn't allow binding a key to more than one command)
Then it is also no good- as user might remove an already existing shortcut without knowing / remembering it. Maybe there could be some pop-up window informing / asking user about such conflict?


And how about
Thy Grand Voidinesss wrote: Fri Aug 04, 2023 8:56 am #4] Quick double left click on any entry available on the

Tools > Options > General > Keyboard

list should be equal to pushing Add and / or Edit button
Can this be implemented?
void
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Re: Keyboard settings issues

Post by void »

Maybe there could be some pop-up window informing / asking user about such conflict?
I will consider a dialog prompt to confirm overwriting the existing key bindings.


Quick double left click on any entry
Can this be implemented?
I have plans to rewrite the keyboard settings for Everything 1.6.
I want to use a "listview" with columns to show all the key bindings.
I might be able to add some sort of inline editing..

Thank you for the suggestions.
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