2023-07-12, 08:34 PM
(This post was last modified: 2023-07-12, 08:35 PM by theskyhound.)
Hello,
Short answer: no.
The Keyboard shortcuts in SkyTools are primarily for items on popup menus, or things that directly affect a list or chart. The reason for this is that a shortcut needs to be tied to something that has the keyboard focus when you press the key, otherwise no message will be generated when you press the key. Its a real pain unless you are using strict Windows 3.1 guidelines for the GUI, and its 2023, so that would be ridiculous.
To make all this all work, SkyTools Visual forces the keyboard focus to be on the list (for the Nightly Planner). They key presses operate on the list as a way to quickly bypass a right-click to open a popup menu. The popup menus also provide a place where the shortcuts are displayed to the user.
I suppose I *could* add a "hidden" keypress to open the Designation Search but then I'd have to do the same with all of the other things you can do on the dialog, and if nothing else, I'd run out of memorable keys to assign. So I don't really see a reasonable way forward for this.
Short answer: no.
The Keyboard shortcuts in SkyTools are primarily for items on popup menus, or things that directly affect a list or chart. The reason for this is that a shortcut needs to be tied to something that has the keyboard focus when you press the key, otherwise no message will be generated when you press the key. Its a real pain unless you are using strict Windows 3.1 guidelines for the GUI, and its 2023, so that would be ridiculous.
To make all this all work, SkyTools Visual forces the keyboard focus to be on the list (for the Nightly Planner). They key presses operate on the list as a way to quickly bypass a right-click to open a popup menu. The popup menus also provide a place where the shortcuts are displayed to the user.
I suppose I *could* add a "hidden" keypress to open the Designation Search but then I'd have to do the same with all of the other things you can do on the dialog, and if nothing else, I'd run out of memorable keys to assign. So I don't really see a reasonable way forward for this.
Clear skies,
Greg
Head Dude at Skyhound
Greg
Head Dude at Skyhound