Bring back hotkeying in Target fields
November 11, 2008 12:00 AM
The biggest hurdle I've had to overcome in Lectora 2008 is the surprising removal of hotkeying in the Target field.For example, in 2007, I could save myself a lot of time by keying in my Actions. I would press the following in under a second:Ctrl+4 to add an ActionType the name of the action and press TabPress S or H for Show or Hide (or whatever I want for the On command)Press the first letter of the Action (accounting for pressing M twice to Modify Variable or other necessarily redundant tasks)Press the first letter of the Target (e.g., N for Next Page, N twice for Next Chapter, the first letter of my Action Group, etc.)The step in red is now impossible for me to do in 2008 without a mouse or several down arrow keystrokes. I have to take my fingers off the keyboard in order to navigate with the mouse or count the number of down arrow keystrokes. Both of these methods increase my work time by at least 300%, even as high as 800%, if I have a particularly long list of targets. I worked on a lengthy project in 2007, and I'm glad I finished it before the upgrade. If I had to manipulate the 500+ variables and numerous objects in 2008, I would have gone mad. Even my current project, which is considerably less complicated, is frustrating, as I have to come to a screeching halt to use the mouse.Please bring back the hotkeying in Target fields. It was so useful, and I feel like I'm missing a big chunk of functionality now. Kevin
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