Hi Don, I'm afraid I'm not seeing an enormous usability different between what you suggest and the current behavior.
To use your hypothetical: press Esc, drag offending hairpin, then double-click a chord symbol or lyric and you're also back in the previous tool where you left off 2 seconds ago. Cheers, - DJA ----- WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org On 17 Jun 2011, at 3:50 PM, Don Hart wrote: > Yes, Darcy, know about those, use them and wouldn't want them changed. But > what I described would eliminate a few clicks and some cursor movement, at > least for me. Hypothetical: working along entering chords or lyrics and you > spot a hairpin that needs to be dragged to avoid collision - hold > shift/escape, drag offending hairpin, release and you're back in the > previous tool where you left off 2 seconds ago. > > Also, I still find the assignable control (mac) key combinations useful > getting to and from tools. Doug, your comment led me to believe you may not > be aware of those either. > > Don Hart > > On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 12:29 PM, Darcy James Argue > <djar...@earthlink.net>wrote: > >> The Esc key is already a shortcut for the Selection tool. Double-clicking a >> handle in the Selection tool is already a shortcut to take you to the >> relevant tool. >> >> Cheers, >> >> - DJA >> ----- >> WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org >> >> >> >> On 17 Jun 2011, at 12:10 PM, Doug Walter wrote: >> >>> Sounds like a great idea. I've always wished there were an easy way to >> switch between tools (not that it's hard to click, of course, but a keyboard >> equivalent that wouldn't involve hassling with QuicKeys or reaching for the >> mouse). In lieu of a preassigned keystroke for each tool, this would at >> least be a step in the right direction for me. >>> >>> Doug >>> >>> On Jun 17, 2011, at 8:35 AM, Don Hart wrote: >>> >>>> Would anyone here find a hot key combination that would temporarily >> enable >>>> the grab and drag function of the selection tool to be useful? Say, for >>>> example, shift/escape, and when you're done you're still in the tool you >>>> were working in. Navigation between tools is not bad, IMO, but a >> function >>>> like this seems as if it would be handy at times. >>>> >>>> Don Hart >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Finale mailing list >>>> Finale@shsu.edu >>>> http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Finale mailing list >>> Finale@shsu.edu >>> http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Finale mailing list >> Finale@shsu.edu >> http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale >> > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > Finale@shsu.edu > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
