Sorry Brian, whoever told you that either doesn't know enough to give an informed answer, or thinks keyboard shortcuts should go in the too-hard basket and be forgotten about.
Ken and Dave may remember meeting my "other half" Nigel on the 2010 cruise around New Zealand. He's a software engineer/developer, and has worked (for instance) on Symantec Ghost from since before Symantec owned the product until they closed the Auckland R&D office three years ago and shipped that work to India. He knows what he's talking about when it comes to this sort of thing. He says that keyboard shortcuts are not impossible, you can implement them when there is a ribbon. That there are keyboard shortcuts already in v8 shows it can be done when there is a will. It might be a big job to write the code to reinstate the ones that have been "lost" and have them functioning as they should (and maybe reassign those where it's not practical to use the key combination that was used before), but it can be done. It's more a matter of how willing the developer is, and how much effort can be allowed to be put into the job. It's not a small issue. Ask any programmer worth their salt if they would like writing their code without keyboard shortcuts in their IDE (integrated development environment), and had to reach for the mouse instead, each and every time - I'd almost be willing to put money on that answer. It's unthinkable. It's equally unthinkable to me, a person who uses the keyboard without looking at it and types with all eight fingers, to use Legacy without keyboard shortcuts. At least in the long term. I will be submitting a suggestion for this in a moment, and I recommend anyone else who is missing keyboard shortcuts to do the same, so the developers can judge for themselves how important it is to their product. Kind Regards, Wendy PS Who's bright idea was it to reassign the keyboard shortcut Alt-F4 from the Windows standard "quit program" to "switch to Descendant view"? Rhetorical question, I don't want to know the answer. But it is just wrong, wrong, wrong (and also proof of what I say above). Please restore it to its original purpose asap. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/126449 Brian/Support said the following on 28/11/2013 3:17 p.m.: > As I understand it from the programmer's explanation during the beta > testing, we cannot trap (technical term for capturing for a special > purpose) standard key presses and pass those on to implement the ribbon > functions. > > Making a suggestion is unlikely to change anything since what you will > be asking for (if it is the two key commands you want reinstated) is > impossible. If you want to suggest that those old keyboard commands be > implemented as Alt-key, Ctrl-key combinations then a suggestion would be > appropriate. > > Brian > Customer Support > Millennia Corporation > [email protected] > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com > > > On 27/11/2013 7:15 PM, Wendy Howard wrote: >> Thanks for the quick response, Brian. >> >> Your answer is very disappointing, though. I much prefer keyboard >> shortcuts to reaching for the mouse or trackpad. >> >> This might be a deal-breaker for me. I'll have to think about it. Quite >> happy with v7.5, so have no qualms about continuing to use it for now - >> and my Deluxe customer number for v8 just arrived a few moments ago, so >> I have a choice to make. >> >> I hope there is a plan to restore them (albeit with new key combinations >> that fit the new ribbon control) in the near future. >> >> Would it help if I put in a suggestion through the proper channels? >> >> Kind Regards, >> Wendy >> >> Brian/Support said the following on 28/11/2013 12:49 p.m.: >>> They have gone. One by-product of the change to the Ribbon control we >>> use in Legacy 8 is that we can no longer use those old two letter >>> shortcuts and now can only use Function Key, Alt-Key or CTRL-Key >>> shortcuts as documented in the Help. >>> >>> Brian >>> Customer Support >>> Millennia Corporation >>> [email protected] >>> http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com >>> >>> On 27/11/2013 1833, Wendy Howard wrote: >>>> Where have all the keyboard shortcuts gone? The list in v8 is >>>> significantly shorter than the one for v7, and my "old favourites" are >>>> not working. >>>> >>>> Basics such as Edit Wife (E - W) and Edit Husband (E - H) appear to have >>>> vanished. Along with Add Daughter and Add Son, Husband's Parents, even >>>> the shortcuts to switch between views. >>>> >>>> Am I missing something, or have they gone? >>>> >>>> Wendy Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
