On 01/19/2017 10:04 PM, Peter Desjardins wrote:
I've been using XMLmind for DocBook editing for many years, but never
on MacOS until now. I frequently use the "extend selection to
preceding/following sibling" commands and I have always used the
alt+up/down arrow combination on Linux and Windows.
The MacOS menu doesn't show keyboard shortcuts for those commands. Do
they have shortcuts? This is an extremely useful command (when
selecting rows in a table, for example).
Yes, indeed.
I think I can define a custom keyboard shortcut for this, but I'm
surprised I'd need to. Are there any Mac users who know the keyboard
command for this?
Whatever the platform, the keyboard shortcut for "Extend selection to
preceding sibling" is (and has always been, if my memory serves me well)
"Esc Left". That is, press and release key "Escape", then press key
"Left Arrow".
The keyboard shortcut for "Extend selection to following sibling" is
"Esc Right".
Unlike "Cmd", "Ctrl", "Alt" keyboard shortcuts, these "Esc" keyboard
shortcuts cannot be displayed next their corresponding menu items. (They
are displayed in the "balloon help" of their corresponding toolbar
buttons though.)
If you want to learn about these "hidden" keyboard shortcuts:
1) Use this quick reference card:
http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/_distrib/doc/quickrefcard/quickrefcard-Mac-Letter.pdf
OR
2) Check feature "Enable the Developer Tools" (Options|Preferences,
General|Features; see
http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/_distrib/doc/help/generalOptions.html#featuresOptions).
Restart XMLmind XML Editor and then select newly added menu item
"Help|Mouse and Key Bindings" (see
http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/_distrib/doc/help/helpMenu.html).
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