Let me rephrase this long and rambling question. Using the CaptureKeysMacro, can I set up key combinations as seen on google - press "g" and then "i" to go to inbox, for example? The point is that you press one key //and then// another one - you don't have to press them together. Is this doable?
See http://bradleymeck.tiddlyspot.com/#CaptureKeysMacro It looks like several people have asked about getting better key- combination support in the past and gone wanting...is it an orphan topic? Trey On Jun 7, 11:10 pm, Trey <ionobr...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi TW Group! > I have a question about the captureKeysMacro, an overview of which is > here:http://groups.google.com/group/TiddlyWiki/browse_thread/thread/b637fb... > > I'm doing a redesign of my personal TW. My design concept is all > based around the ability to do fancy things with hotkeys. In general > what I want is the same sort of key-command functionality available in > Gmail - just start typing (anywhere other than an input-box). For > example, at any time in Gmail one can type "g" and then "i" to go to > the inbox. No accesskeys required. I want to do things like: > > - open named sliders > - open links / tiddlers > - scroll the window to the first/next/previous/last tiddler with the > arrow keys > - focus on the searchbox (shift-alt-s not working in firefox ubuntu) > - change visibility of an object (e.g. to set css "display: visible" > or "hidden" to a fixed help window which will remind me of the key > mapping, also like gmail) > > Is this horrendously difficult? I think basically I'm looking for a > beginners tutorial on how to modify this: > > config.macros.captureKeys.captureKey(document,saveChanges,"S",false,false,true); > (from the help documenthttp://bradleymeck.tiddlyspot.com/#CaptureKeysMacro.) > > Kind of a separate question: > Javascript can be intimidating for a novice - I have HTML / CSS > knowledge, but in javascript you start getting seemingly arbitrary > things like, just as an example, > > config.macros.captureKeys.preventDefault() > > How would I know that this preventDefault existed unless the plugin > author told me? How can I find out (on my own) what it does? Is > there a central function list somewhere or are these functions all > uniquely defined within each plugin? This has confused me and been a > wall I've run into with TW modification before. > > Appreciate any help. This group is awesome. > Trey -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To post to this group, send email to tiddlywiki@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tiddlywiki+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki?hl=en.
