Hey, Esc-Right Arrow is working great! I'm a bit embarrassed that I didn't find this myself. Thank you so much for your time!
- Philip On Sun, Feb 14, 2010 at 1:58 AM, Hussein Shafie <hussein at xmlmind.com> wrote: > Philip Rideout wrote: > > I'm using XMLEditor to write a book for O'Reilly, and I absolutely love > > it. It makes me feel liberated from the distractions of typical word > > processors. > > > > But, time and time again, I find myself pining for a simple feature: a > > shortcut key for "extend selection to following sibling". I'm constantly > > tweaking my document's hierarchy with the keyboard, and this would make > > it much easier to select a sequence of paragraphs and move them to > > another section. > > > > This shortcut already exists but, like any shortcut which does not start > with Ctrl (Command on the Mac), Shift or Alt, it cannot be displayed by > the GUI. > > XMLmind XML Editor is running out of Ctrl (Command on the Mac) > shortcuts, that's it has a large number of shortcuts which requires you > to first press then relase the Esc (Escape) key. > > The shortcut you want is "Esc ->" (Escape Left-Arrow). You can use it > right away, that is, no need to first select a node. Before extending > the selection, "Esc ->" first starts by selecting the node. Then you > need to press "Esc ->" repeatedly. Very handy! > > You should take a look at all shortcuts marked with 3 stars (***) in our > Quick Reference Cards: > > > http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/_distrib/doc/quickrefcard/quickrefcard-A4.pdf > > http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/_distrib/doc/quickrefcard/quickrefcard-Letter.pdf > > http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/_distrib/doc/quickrefcard/quickrefcard-Mac-A4.pdf > > http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/_distrib/doc/quickrefcard/quickrefcard-Mac-Letter.pdf > > See also "Being productive with XXE", > http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/_distrib/doc/user/being_productive.html > > > > > I'd like to suggest adding a keyboard shortcut for this in the next > > version; meanwhile, is there a way for me to customize the editor to set > > this up? > > > > XMLmind XML Editor *Professional* *Edition* allows to define keyboard > shortcuts on the fly, without having to tweak any configuration file. > Simply use menu item "Options|Customize Configuration|Add Keyboard > Shortcut" for that. > > More info: > > http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/_distrib/doc/help/optionsMenu.html#customizeConfigurationMenu > > http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/_distrib/doc/help/com.xmlmind.xmleditapp.kit.part.AddKeyboardShortcutDialog.html > > Personal Edition also allows to do that but you need to create a > customization file by hand. See > http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/_distrib/doc/configure/bindings.html > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.xmlmind.com/pipermail/xmleditor-support/attachments/20100214/249e3daa/attachment.htm
