Melchior FRANZ wrote:
> FYI: a few days ago I committed an extension to the GUI system that
> allows to select buttons via keyboard. This is currently only used
> for the "ATC communication" dialog ('-key), where the first transmission
> option can be chosen with the "1" key, the second with the "2" key
> etc. (The Alt modifier is currently not reported to the GUI, so Alt-1,
> Alt-2 will work too.) Approach is a busy phase, and not having to
> search for the mouse when you want to transmit a "going around" is
> quite convenient. All it takes to make use of keyboard accelerators
> is to add e.g. <keynum>27</keynum> to that button in the XML dialog
> config (or to any other widgets with assigned <binding>s). 27 (Esc)
> could be used for the "Cancel" button.
>
> m.
>
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Neat! At some point I am planning to make a plane specific menu for the
B29. This will include lot's of tasks that the crew would normally
perform and that the pilot doesn't actually have any controls for. I was
also going to include things like help, POH, checklists, systems like
weapons, and livery selection. I know that there is a pulldown for some
of this stuff, but like Melchior says it can get busy at times and it
would be nice to have access to all the special function in one place
that is accessible through keystrokes.
Maybe it would make sense to just have the comms stuff under the `-key
and then at the bottom of that menu hang the whole aircraft specific
menu as a standard practice. At the least it would be nice to always be
able to get the POH by hitting the same keys. Thoughts?
Josh
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