Cursor key navigation in tables

[Dave Reynolds]

I've done the same thing for years with Ctrl + Shift + arrow key to move 
the cursor around within a table. I just chose Ctrl+Shift because they 
are beside each other on the keyboard and I find it's an easy movement.

As an aside, I find the ability to create custom keyboard shortcuts one 
of the most useful features of Frame. It's saved me a lot of time and 
frustration over the years, not to mention thousands of mouse-clicks.

Cheers

Dave
Heiko Haida wrote, on 19/03/2013 6:17 a.m.:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I checked with "alt-key + shift-key + arrow-keys", that would work 
> (alt/shift+arrow does not seem to have another function when the 
> cursor is placed in the text).
>
> <Modify MoveIPToCellAtRight <KeySequence ~+/Right >>
> <Modify MoveIPToCellAtLeft <KeySequence ~+/Left >>
> <Modify MoveIPToCellAbove <KeySequence ~+/Up >>
> <Modify MoveIPToCellBelow <KeySequence ~+/Down >>
>
> Best regards -
>
> Tino H. Haida, Berlin
>
>> Hi Rick,
>>
>> I checked with my FM 8 and FM 9 installations - table navigation was 
>> "OFF".
>>
>> Your suggestion is to add:
>>
>> <Modify MoveIPToCellAtRight <KeySequence /Right >>
>> <Modify MoveIPToCellAtLeft <KeySequence /Left >>
>> <Modify MoveIPToCellAbove <KeySequence /Up >>
>> <Modify MoveIPToCellBelow <KeySequence /Down >>
>>
>> In FM 8, I had a modification installed (Shlomo Perets' toolbar). I 
>> added these 4 lines to the existing "custumui.cfg" => table 
>> navigation via key arrows is now ON!
>>
>> In FM 9 there was no "customui.cfg", so I created this file with 
>> these 4 lines as the only content => table navigation is now ON!
>>
>> So everything's fine and working in these older FM-versions. Thank you!
>>
>> Best regards -
>>
>> Tino H. Haida, Berlin
>>
>>     Hi Fred,
>>
>>     I specifically tested the four I modified with FrameMaker 10 and
>>     they worked. I don't have 9 anymore so I can't test it with 9.
>>     Send me the modify sequences you tried and I will test them. It
>>     could be a problem specific to 9, but maybe the syntax isn't
>>     exactly right. Thanks.
>>
>>     Rick
>>
>>     *From:*Fred Ridder [mailto:docudoc at hotmail.com]
>>     *Sent:* Saturday, March 16, 2013 12:11 AM
>>     *To:* rick at rickquatro.com; syed.hosain at aeris.net;
>>     alison.craig at ultrasonix.com; framers at lists.frameusers.com
>>     *Subject:* RE: Cursor key navigation in tables
>>
>>     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 <mailto:rick at rickquatro.com>
>>     > To: Syed.Hosain at aeris.net <mailto:Syed.Hosain at aeris.net>;
>>     Alison.Craig at ultrasonix.com <mailto:Alison.Craig at ultrasonix.com>;
>>     docudoc at hotmail.com <mailto:docudoc at hotmail.com>;
>>     framers at lists.frameusers.com <mailto: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 >>
>>
> -- 
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