Key & Color Setup

The Key & Color Setup dialog is accessed from the Options menu, or by holding the command key while clicking one of the calculator buttons, the main or minimized display, or the calculator face. The dialog is a movable-modal dialog, which means it can be moved around freely by dragging the title bar, but must be dismissed before using any other function of CalcWorks. You can move the calculator window around while the dialog is displayed by command-dragging the title bar.

Key & Color Setup allows you to assign any key combination to any button on the calculator, as well as change the color of any object on the calculator or minimized display. A key combination can be any combination of the shift, option and command keys (the control key is reserved by CalcWorks), along with one other key. You cannot assign different keys to the shifted and unshifted functions of a button, the key you select is automatically assigned to both functions. You can activate the [2nd] function of a button by holding control and pressing the key combination assigned to the button.

NOTE:  Some keys are permanently bound to certain functions, such as the numeric keys 0-9, A-F in [Hex] mode, the enter and return keys, and the keypad emulation keys if that option is turned on. These keys cannot be assigned to other functions. Also, you cannot assign command keys that are used to select menu commands. You will presented with an alert box if you attempt to assign one of these keys to a function. If you select a key combination that has already been assigned to another function, you will be presented with an alert that will let you reassign it to the new function, or cancel.

To select a button to assign a key to, simply bring up the Key & Color Setup dialog, and click any button on the face of the calculator. The Function/object and Key assignment fields are updated to reflect the button's function and current key assignment. To change the key assigned to the button, simply press the desired key combination. Click Revert to disregard changes made to the assignment since the function was selected, click Unassign to erase the key assignment and make it undefined, and click Done to accept the current assignment and dismiss the dialog.

To change the color of a button, display, or the calculator face, click on the object you wish to change, and its current color(s) or pattern will be displayed in the color boxes. Simply click and hold the mouse button in one of the boxes, and a color or pattern menu will pop up allowing you to select a new color or pattern for the object. If the selected object is the calculator face, you can choose to use a color pattern rather than a solid color by checking the Use patterns checkbox. Otherwise, you can change both the object's foreground (text) and background colors. To restore the default color set, click on the Color button to the right of the color boxes. To restore the default gray-shade color set, as used in versions of CalcWorks prior to v1.5.0, click on the Grays button. Any changes made to the colors will be replaced with the default colors.

NOTE:  Although you can change key assignments and colors whether CalcWorks is registered or not, your settings are not saved between sessions in the unregistered version, so all changes are lost when you quit CalcWorks. You must register to enable saving of custom key assignments and colors.