Hi Esther,
My problem is the shortcut keys don't seem to work I create.
They are listed as they should be, but the key combinations don't
work. This is why I was curious as to the checkboxes.
Thanks
Take Care
John Panarese
On Feb 8, 2008, at 4:55 PM, Esther wrote:
Hi John,
As far as I can tell, this information about checkboxes for new
shortcut
key definitions is not accurate and/or not used. That is, if you
interact
with the outline of shortcut key definitions to check on the
definitions of
existing keyboard shortcuts that the system has assigned, checking or
unchecking boxes has an effect.
However, if I'm adding new shortcuts that will show up in the folder
for
"Application Keyboard Shortcuts" in the outline, all of these seem to
come up with checkbox information, too, but this is ignored.
I was going to describe this in my post about making a keyboard
shortcut
to jump to a time in iTunes (for the ReplayAt Applescript that Tim
posted
about), but thought it might be too confusing. The instructions I
gave --
which only involve adding a new keyboard shortcut by pressing the "+"
button -- are perfectly complete. It's only if you want to delete the
shortcut that you added or explore the other shortcuts defined in
the outline
that you would ever hear anything about checkboxes. Furthermore, I
don't
think the outline is a good way to find out a list of keyboard
shortcuts, since
they don't list everything, and it's not the easiest way to find out
about shortcuts.
They don't even contain everything that Apple documents (somewhere),
and
they certainly don't contain things that people have stumbled across
that are
in the works, or that aren't documented but have been used, etc.
For specific apps, like iTunes, what I do is try a keystroke
combination first to
see whether anything is recognized, then I use that as a shortcut
when I make
my definition. I don't make lots of these.
Making a definition for all apps is certainly trickier. Also, since
the general rule
is that you should create the shortcut binding when the application
is closed,
you may have to restart your computer for a definition that works
for all apps
to operate properly. I think the shortcuts get read in when the app
first starts,
so it stays in effect as long as the app is in use and the shortcut
definition is
in place. If you've added a shortcut, and happened to interact with
the outline
before leaving the Systems Preferences menu, you'd hear the bits about
unchecked checkboxes, but everything will work all the same.
Hope this helps.
Cheers,
Esther
P.S. It may be different in Leopard. One reason that I don't post
immediately
about all these topics, and why I've wanted to have Tim and others
check
on the AppleScripts, etc. is that I'm still running Tiger. So while
I think my
instructions will work for Leopard, too, I can't check this.
On Feb 08, 2008, at 10:37AM, John Panarese wrote:
Hi folks,
There is probably a simple answer to this, but when attempting
to add the start speaking text and a few other keyboard shortcuts, I
have noticed that though the shortcuts show up in the table, the
checkboxes are unchecked and I can't check them. I've tried a bunch
of things, but ZI just can't get the box to change in status. Is
there any reason anyone can think of why this might be happening?
