Cursor key navigation in tables

[Fred Ridder]

Thanks Rick and Syed.

In my poking around earlier today, I did find these commands in cmds.cfg and tried to reassign the MoveIPToCellAbove and ...CellBelow commands to more convenient shortcut keys. But whether I left them alone, changed the <KeySequence > definition, or added a <Modify > command, those two MoveIP commands refuse to do anything. ...CellAtLeft and ...CellAtRight both work, as do MoveIPUpAndSelectText and MoveIPDownAndSelectText, but not the two commands I specifically want to use. I suppose I'll just have to use the move and select commands, because at least it's better than having to reach for the mouse every damn time.

What's frustrating is that I *know* these commands worked in FM5.5.6, 6.0, 7.x and 8.0. Chalk up one mlore feature that got broken and never fixed when Adobe saw fit to impose their stupid and inconvenient (and buggy...) UI on us with version 9.0. Sigh...

I suppose I *should* report this bug to Adobe, but every time I have done it in the past has been an exercise in ultimate frustration. Every time it has taken me between one and two hours to accomplish something that should have taken 10-15 minutes. And ever since software development and maintenance was moved to Bangalore, the only response I have ever gotten to a reported bug was that "we fixed the software to make it work the way it was supposed to work". Never mind that the new behavior was illogical and inconsistent with how other similar features worked, the mere fact that FrameMaker now behaved differently meant that a whole flock of my carefully designed procedures and processes no longer worked. I might have chalked it up to job security, but my employer (by acquisition...) chose to shut down their operation here in New Jersey. But that's a story for another day...

Thanks for your efforts, guys.

Fred Ridder 

> From: rick at rickquatro.com
> To: Syed.Hosain at aeris.net; Alison.Craig at ultrasonix.com; docudoc at hotmail.com; framers at lists.frameusers.com
> Subject: RE: Cursor key navigation in tables
> Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2013 22:04:34 -0400
> 
> Open the FrameMaker/Fminit/Config/customui.cfg file in a text editor and add
> these lines:
> 
> <Modify MoveIPToCellAtRight <KeySequence /Right >>
> <Modify MoveIPToCellAtLeft <KeySequence /Left >>
> <Modify MoveIPToCellAbove <KeySequence /Up >>
> <Modify MoveIPToCellBelow <KeySequence /Down >>
> 
> Quit and restart FrameMaker. Then you should be able to navigate cells using
> the arrow keys. If you want the target cell selected when you move to it,
> you may have to substitute one of the other table commands. Here is a list
> of them:
> 
> <Command MoveIPToCellAtRight
> 	<Label Move IP To Cell At Right>
> 	<KeySequence \!tmr>
> 	<Definition \xFB1>>
> 
> <Command MoveIPToCellAtLeft
> 	<Label Move IP To Cell At Left>
> 	<KeySequence \!tml>
> 	<Definition \xFB2>>
> 
> <Command MoveIPToCellAbove
> 	<Label Move IP To Cell Above>
> 	<KeySequence \!tmu>
> 	<Definition \xFB3>>
> 
> <Command MoveIPUpAndSelectText
> 	<Label Move IP Up And Select Text>
> 	<KeySequence \!tmua>
> 	<Definition \xFB3 \xFA4>>
> 
> <Command MoveIPToCellBelow
> 	<Label Move IP To Cell Below>
> 	<KeySequence \!tmd>
> 	<Definition \xFB4>>
> 
> <Command MoveIPDownAndSelectText
> 	<Label Move IP Down And Select Text>
> 	<KeySequence \!tmda>
> 	<Definition \xFB4 \xFA4>>
> 
> <Command MoveIPToLeftmostCell
> 	<Label Move IP To Leftmost Cell>
> 	<KeySequence \!tma>
> 	<Definition \xFB5>>
> 
> <Command MoveIPToRightmostCell
> 	<Label Move IP To Rightmost Cell>
> 	<KeySequence \!tme>
> 	<Definition \xFB6>>
> 
> <Command MoveIPToNextCell
> 	<Label Move IP To Next Cell>
> 	<KeySequence \!tmn>
> 	<Definition \xFB7>>
> 
> <Command MoveIPToPreviousCell
> 	<Label Move IP To Previous Cell>
> 	<KeySequence \!tmp>
> 	<Definition \xFB8>>
> 
> <Command MoveIPToColumnTop
> 	<Label Move IP To Column Top>
> 	<KeySequence \!tmt>
> 	<Definition \xFB9>>
> 
> <Command MoveIPToColumnBottom
> 	<Label Move IP To Column Bottom>
> 	<KeySequence \!tmb>
> 	<Definition \xFBA>>
> 
> <Command MoveIPToTopLeftCell
>    <Label Move IP To Top Left Cell>
>    <KeySequence \!tmT>
>    <Definition \xFB9 \xFB5>
>    <Mode All>>
> 
> Rick Quatro
> Carmen Publishing Inc.
> 585-283-5045
> rick at frameexpert.com
> 
> 
> From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com
> [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Syed Zaeem Hosain
> (Syed.Hosain at aeris.net)
> Sent: Friday, March 15, 2013 7:26 PM
> To: Alison Craig; Fred Ridder; framers at lists.frameusers.com
> Subject: RE: Cursor key navigation in tables
> 
> 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
> 
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