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  21.           <th colspan="3" align="center">5.¬†
  22.     <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">Creating Shortcuts to Menu Functions</span>
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  39.             <h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="gimp-concepts-shortcuts"></a>5.¬†
  40.     <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">Creating Shortcuts to Menu Functions</span>
  41.   </h2>
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  48.                     <b>Revision History</b>
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  52.                   <td align="left">Revision $Revision: 2354 $</td>
  53.                   <td align="left">2006-08-06</td>
  54.                   <td align="left">romanofski</td>
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  63.       <p>
  64.     Many functions which are accessible via the image menu have a default
  65.     keyboard shortcut. You may want to create a new shortcut for a command
  66.     that you use a lot and doesn't have one or, more rarely, edit an existing
  67.     shortcut. There are two methods for doing this.
  68.   </p>
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  70.         <a id="id2613901"></a>
  71.         <p class="title">
  72.           <b>Procedure¬†11.1.¬†
  73.       <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">Using dynamic keyboard shortcuts</span>
  74.     </b>
  75.         </p>
  76.         <ol type="1">
  77.           <li>
  78.             <p>
  79.         First, you have to activate this capability by checking the
  80.         <span class="guilabel">Use dynamic keyboard shortcuts</span> option in
  81.         the <span class="guilabel">Interface</span> item of the <a class="link" href="gimp-pimping.html#gimp-prefs-interface" title="1.3.¬† Interface">Preferences</a> menu.  This
  82.         option is usually not checked, to prevent accidental key presses
  83.         from creating an unwanted shortcut.
  84.       </p>
  85.           </li>
  86.           <li>
  87.             <p>
  88.         While you're doing that, also check the <span class="guilabel">Save keyboard
  89.         shortcuts on exit</span> option so that your shortcut will
  90.         be saved.
  91.       </p>
  92.           </li>
  93.           <li>
  94.             <p>
  95.         To create a keyboard shortcut, simply place the mouse pointer on a
  96.         command in the menu: it will then be highlighted. Be careful that the
  97.         mouse pointer doesn't move and type a sequence of three keys, keeping
  98.         the keys pressed. You will see this sequence appear on the right of
  99.         the command.
  100.       </p>
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  102.           <li>
  103.             <p>
  104.         It is best to use the
  105.         <span class="keycap"><strong>Ctrl</strong></span>+<span class="keycap"><strong>Alt</strong></span>+<span class="keycap"><strong>Key</strong></span> sequence for your custom shortcuts.
  106.       </p>
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  113.           <b>Figure¬†11.30.¬†
  114.       <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">Configure Keyboard Shortcuts</span>
  115.     </b>
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  126.         <p class="title">
  127.           <b>Procedure¬†11.2.¬†
  128.       <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">Using the Keyboard Shortcut Editor</span>
  129.     </b>
  130.         </p>
  131.         <ol type="1">
  132.           <li>
  133.             <p>
  134.         You get to this Editor by clicking on <span class="guibutton">Configure
  135.         keyboard shortcuts</span> in the ‚Äú<span class="quote">Interface</span>‚Äù
  136.         item of the <a class="link" href="gimp-pimping.html#gimp-prefs-interface" title="1.3.¬† Interface">Preferences</a> menu.
  137.       </p>
  138.           </li>
  139.           <li>
  140.             <p>
  141.         As shown in this dialog, you can select the command you want to
  142.         create a shortcut for, in the ‚Äú<span class="quote">Action</span>‚Äù area. Then you
  143.         type your key sequence as above. In principle, the Space bar should
  144.         clear a shortcut. (In practice, it clears it, but doesn't delete it.)
  145.       </p>
  146.           </li>
  147.           <li>
  148.             <p>
  149.         This shortcut editor also allows you to <span class="emphasis"><em>control the
  150.         tool parameter settings</em></span> with the keyboard. At the top
  151.         of this dialog, you can find a <span class="guilabel">Context</span> menu
  152.         that takes you to the tool parameters. To make your work easier,
  153.         tool types are marked with small icons.
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  169.       Custom Keyboard shortcuts are stored in one of Gimp's hidden
  170.       directory (<code class="filename">/home/[username]/.gimp-2.4/menurc</code>)
  171.       under Linux, and <code class="filename">
  172.       C:\Documents¬†and¬†Settings\[Username]\.gimp-2.4\menurc</code>
  173.       under Windows XP.  It is a simple text file that you can transport from
  174.       one computer to another.
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