> On Jul 7, 2023, at 10:58 AM, Kornel Benko <kor...@lyx.org> wrote:
> 
> Am Fri, 7 Jul 2023 09:45:11 +0200
> schrieb Christopher Menzel <chris.men...@gmail.com 
> <mailto:chris.men...@gmail.com>>:
> 
>>> On Jul 6, 2023, at 1:35 PM, Kornel Benko <kor...@lyx.org> wrote:
>>> Am Thu, 6 Jul 2023 12:51:11 +0200
>>> schrieb Christopher Menzel <chris.men...@gmail.com>:
>>> 
>>>> Estimable LyX folk,
>>>> 
>>>> The answer seems to be “no” but: is it possible to set up a keyboard 
>>>> shortcut that,
>>>> when one has split a window into two panes (“views” in LyX-speak), will 
>>>> make the
>>>> inactive pane active so that one can easily switch from one pane to the 
>>>> other?
>>>> "Ctrl-X O" does this in emacs and it’s a real timesaver, as one doesn’t 
>>>> have to lift
>>>> one’s hand off the keyboard, move the mouse cursor to the inactive pane, 
>>>> click, and
>>>> move one’s hand back to the keyboard. I am almost always working with a 
>>>> split window
>>>> and I jump between panes frequently, so this would really be a huge 
>>>> convenience.
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks!
>>>> 
>>>> Chris Menzel  
>>> 
>>> How about to add a shortcut containing 'tab-group-next'?
>>> Should be working for you.  
>> 
>> Thanks for the suggestion. Unfortunately, in LyX 2.3.7, at least, 
>> “tab-group-next” is
>> not listed among the LyX functions when I search the key bindings, and if I 
>> simply try
>> to define a new shortcut for that function I’m told that it is "unknown or 
>> invalid”.
>> The only function starting with “tab-group” is “tab-group-close”. (Same 
>> result under
>> both MacOS and Linux versions of LyX 2.3.7.)
>> 
>> -chris
> 
> Yes, I was referring to lyx2.4, sorry. Since it will be available shortly, 
> you may want
> to wait a little?

Couldn’t wait! I downloaded the latest MacOS beta and have already bound 
shortcuts to tab-group-next and tab-group-previous, thanks! (I expect that, as 
usual, Kali Linux will be updated promptly to 2.4 once it is out of beta.)

-chris

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