The keyboard tab

Keyboard tab - you use this tab to set keyboard "shortcuts." 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 if you type a key combination that is already used by another command, you will see that command listed below the "Assigned to:" heading, and you can not re-assign that combination to the new function.

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.

 

There is more help...

To read more help about each control in any dialog box, please click the  button at top right corner. The mouse cursor changes then to - now click any other item in that box to find out what exactly it does.