Regarding the Keyboard shortcuts - I think if you look at it from the prospective of the future of the keyboard, you will be glad you started moving away from those (Keyboard only shortcuts) now, as 5 years from now there wont be (physical) keyboards.
Just another way of looking at it. Jay The only thing that is permanent is change. On Wed, Nov 27, 2013 at 11:35 PM, Wendy Howard <[email protected]>wrote: > Did I mention that I'm getting tired? It's almost time for me to go to > sleep. ;-) > > I've just re-read the thread below, and I appreciate that the old > single-letter-single-letter shortcuts might not be able to be restored, > that those functions would have to be reassigned to other key > combinations. I missed you saying that before. BTW, I just mentioned > the ones I probably use most as an example, I use a lot more - or at > least, I used to. > > But they can be relearned, once they're reassigned. It should not be a > reason to not implement them in the first place. > > Kind Regards, > Wendy > > 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 > > > 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
