I've done the same thing for years with Ctrl + Shift + arrow key to move
the cursor around within a table. I just chose Ctrl+Shift because they
are beside each other on the keyboard and I find it's an easy movement.
As an aside, I find the ability to create custom keyboard shortcuts one
of the most useful features of Frame. It's saved me a lot of time and
frustration over the years, not to mention thousands of mouse-clicks.
Cheers
Dave
Heiko Haida wrote, on 19/03/2013 6:17 a.m.:
Hi all,
I checked with "alt-key + shift-key + arrow-keys", that would work
(alt/shift+arrow does not seem to have another function when the
cursor is placed in the text).
<Modify MoveIPToCellAtRight <KeySequence ~+/Right >>
<Modify MoveIPToCellAtLeft <KeySequence ~+/Left >>
<Modify MoveIPToCellAbove <KeySequence ~+/Up >>
<Modify MoveIPToCellBelow <KeySequence ~+/Down >>
Best regards -
Tino H. Haida, Berlin
Hi Rick,
I checked with my FM 8 and FM 9 installations - table navigation was
"OFF".
Your suggestion is to add:
<Modify MoveIPToCellAtRight <KeySequence /Right >>
<Modify MoveIPToCellAtLeft <KeySequence /Left >>
<Modify MoveIPToCellAbove <KeySequence /Up >>
<Modify MoveIPToCellBelow <KeySequence /Down >>
In FM 8, I had a modification installed (Shlomo Perets' toolbar). I
added these 4 lines to the existing "custumui.cfg" => table
navigation via key arrows is now ON!
In FM 9 there was no "customui.cfg", so I created this file with
these 4 lines as the only content => table navigation is now ON!
So everything's fine and working in these older FM-versions. Thank you!
Best regards -
Tino H. Haida, Berlin
Hi Fred,
I specifically tested the four I modified with FrameMaker 10 and
they worked. I don't have 9 anymore so I can't test it with 9.
Send me the modify sequences you tried and I will test them. It
could be a problem specific to 9, but maybe the syntax isn't
exactly right. Thanks.
Rick
*From:*Fred Ridder [mailto:[email protected]]
*Sent:* Saturday, March 16, 2013 12:11 AM
*To:* [email protected]; [email protected];
[email protected]; [email protected]
*Subject:* RE: Cursor key navigation in tables
Thanks Rick and Syed.
In my poking around earlier today, I did find these commands in
cmds.cfg and tried to reassign the MoveIPToCellAbove and
...CellBelow commands to more convenient shortcut keys. But
whether I left them alone, changed the <KeySequence > definition,
or added a <Modify > command, those two MoveIP commands refuse to
do anything. ...CellAtLeft and ...CellAtRight both work, as do
MoveIPUpAndSelectText and MoveIPDownAndSelectText, but not the
two commands I specifically want to use. I suppose I'll just have
to use the move and select commands, because at least it's better
than having to reach for the mouse every damn time.
What's frustrating is that I *know* these commands worked in
FM5.5.6, 6.0, 7.x and 8.0. Chalk up one mlore feature that got
broken and never fixed when Adobe saw fit to impose their stupid
and inconvenient (and buggy...) UI on us with version 9.0. Sigh...
I suppose I *should* report this bug to Adobe, but every time I
have done it in the past has been an exercise in ultimate
frustration. Every time it has taken me between one and two hours
to accomplish something that should have taken 10-15 minutes. And
ever since software development and maintenance was moved to
Bangalore, the only response I have ever gotten to a reported bug
was that "we fixed the software to make it work the way it was
supposed to work". Never mind that the new behavior was illogical
and inconsistent with how other similar features worked, the mere
fact that FrameMaker now behaved differently meant that a whole
flock of my carefully designed procedures and processes no longer
worked. I might have chalked it up to job security, but my
employer (by acquisition...) chose to shut down their operation
here in New Jersey. But that's a story for another day...
Thanks for your efforts, guys.
Fred Ridder
> From: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
> To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>;
[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>;
[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>;
[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
> Subject: RE: Cursor key navigation in tables
> Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2013 22:04:34 -0400
>
> Open the FrameMaker/Fminit/Config/customui.cfg file in a text
editor and add
> these lines:
>
> <Modify MoveIPToCellAtRight <KeySequence /Right >>
> <Modify MoveIPToCellAtLeft <KeySequence /Left >>
> <Modify MoveIPToCellAbove <KeySequence /Up >>
> <Modify MoveIPToCellBelow <KeySequence /Down >>
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