Mapping a Keyboard Shortcut to a Button
You can create new map-to-button keyboard shortcuts. New keyboard shortcuts are saved as a user preference.
To map a button to a keyboard shortcut:
With the Keyboard Shortcut Editor open, click the menu button for which you want to create the keyboard shortcut.
Note: If the button you want to click is hidden by the Keyboard Shortcut Editor, click the window header and move it to the side.If the menu button you selected is a map-to-button keyboard shortcut, Yes appears in Works Only if the Button is on Screen, and the name of the menu button appears in the Description field.
Enter the new keystroke sequence by clicking keys in the on-screen keyboard, by pressing keys on your computer's keyboard, or by pressing the buttons on your tablet's pen. The new keystroke appears in the Keystroke sequence field.
If the button is a numeric field, you can set a default value type and increment in the Value Type box and Increment field.
If the button is an option box, you can enable Cycle through Options to allow your new keyboard shortcut to cycle through the options each time it is pressed.
Click Set in the Keyboard Shortcut Manager area.
If you try to assign to a shortcut a keystroke that is used in another shortcut, a dialogue window appears. It offers you the following choices:
- Cancel: Cancels the operation.
- Clear: Clears the conflicting keystroke assignation and assigns the keystroke to the new shortcut only.
- Keep: Keeps the Keystroke assignation on the conflicting shortcuts AND assigns it to the new shortcut as well. This may result in conflicting shortcuts and it cannot be guaranteed that the old / new shortcuts will work properly.
The edited keyboard shortcut is marked in the catalogue with a “Y” to show that it is user-modified.
Click Save to save the changes and close the Keyboard Shortcuts editor.