Keyboard tab - you use this tab to set keyboard "hot keys." First select a Category to edit (these are the topmost-level menu items on HyperSnap-DX 5's menu). Then select a Command from the list on the left, click in the box labeled Press new shortcut key, and then press the key or key combination you'd like to use. Note that you don't want to use any of the Windows "system" keystrokes (such as CTRL+V).

If the menu item currently has a shortcut key assigned to it, this will be displayed in the Current keys box (you can change it if you wish simply by assigning a new key combination to it using the entry box, below the Current keys box).

You choose which menu you'll be setting shortcut keystrokes for by dropping down the Set Accelerator for... list. On new installations the only available item there will be Default, the main menu structure. Use the Assign button to specify the keystroke you've entered in the box as the keystroke to be used for the selected Command in the Command list.

To assign a new key to a command:

  1. Click in the Press New Shortcut Key field.

  2. Press the key combination you want.

  3. If that combination is available (that is, not used by other commands), you can click the "Assign" button, and then proceed to customize any other keys you wish to change.

The button labeled Remove will clear the currently-selected function's keystroke (if you've discovered a conflict with another piece of software, clearing it will help that problem until you can pick another key to use).

The button Reset All sets the program back to its default keystroke combinations, clearing those that did not have a keystroke assigned to them. Note that all of your changes will be lost if you Reset All.

Clicking the Close button will close the entire set of Customize tabs, establishing all of your changes on each as the settings the program will use.