Cursor key navigation in tables

[Syed Zaeem Hosain (Syed.Hosain@aeris.net)]

The sequence "<Escape>tmda" will move the Insertion Point down one cell and highlight the text in it.

The sequence "<Escape>tmd" (i.e., without the 'a') is support to just move the Insertion Point down one cell. But it does not seem to work ... :(

And, of course, "<Escape>tmua" goes up one cell. Again, for some reason unknown to me, "<Escape>tmu" does not work ...

What I have not been able to figure out is how to tie the arrow keys to this sequence of keystroke when in cells. None of the above sequences are short enough ... the arrow keys are the way to do it.

FWIW, this is also one of _my_ pet peeves with FrameMaker ... and it is one thing that Word gets right, annoyingly.

Z

From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Alison Craig
Sent: Friday, March 15, 2013 1:53 PM
To: Fred Ridder; framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: RE: Cursor key navigation in tables

I'd love to know the answer to this as well as I, too, use Frame 9 and hate the awful table navigation option of tab, tab, tab...

Alison

From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com<mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com> [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Fred Ridder
Sent: Friday, March 15, 2013 11:30 AM
To: framers at lists.frameusers.com<mailto:framers at lists.frameusers.com>
Subject: Cursor key navigation in tables

It's actually been nearly two years since I've used FrameMaker on a daily basis, and that was still FM8 (for a variety of reasons that don't matter here). But the project I'm working on now is based on a document that was done in FM9, so here I am trying to meet a deadline and come to terms with a completely unfamiliar UI at the same time.

One of the things that is driving me completely nuts is the absence of cursor key navigation inside tables. The bulk of the document I'm working on is pin description tables for a SoC chip with 1243 pins, and having to reach for the mouse (or type Tab 6 times to step sequentially through the cells) to move the insertion point down one row several thousand times has *ZERO* appeal. I know that in older versions of FrameMaker there was a simple modification one could to to cmds.cfg (if I recall correctly) to make the cursor keys (or cursor keys plus a modifier key) work inside a Frame table just like they would inside a Word table or a spreadsheet, but I have had no luck putting my hands on that info. I did read the section on customizing commands in the FM7 (Windows) version of Customizing FrameMaker and tried a couple modifications of the FM9 cmds.cfg file, but no joy.

Can someone enlighten me whether the cursor keys can be made to work inside tables, and if so how to make that happen? My mouse hand and arm will be eternally grateful.

-Fred Ridder
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