FM 9 Keyboard Shortcuts (ATTN: R. Jacquez!)

[Peter Gold]

On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 12:35 PM, Mike Wickham <info at mikewickham.com> wrote:
>>At the very least, give us a list of keyboard commands for UI manipulation.
>
> I found some commands in wincmds.cfg:
>
>> (Toggle) Between open document tabs?
>
> Ctrl-F6 (ShowNextKit) and Shift-Ctrl-F6 (ShowPrevKit)
> There is still some bugginess, though. The commands worked always in with
> .FM files. Ctrl-F6 would cycle through the .FM files, then jump back to the
> first and cycle again. Shift-Ctrl-F6 did the same in reverse.
>
> Book files, pods, and panels seem to want to work the same way, but as a
> conglomerate that is separate from the .FM files. That is, if one of them is
> the focus, Ctrl-F6 can cycle between them all, but skips the .FM files. This
> is where I found bugginess. The command would not jump to the Variables and
> locked up. This may be related to the bug that keeps one from using the
> Commands button in the Designer panels until the panel is first closed and
> reopened, or switched to another designer panel page. I noticed that closing
> and reopening the Variables pod made Ctrl-F6 work for it, too. When the
> command cycles to the Paragraph Designer, there is no flashing cursor to let
> you know.
>
>> Between pages of the Designer dialogs?

I'm on my Mac now, so I can't check this out, but in FM 8 and earlier,
PgUp/PgDn would cycle through Paragraph, Character, and (I think)
Table designer property pages.

HTH


Regards,

Peter
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