Hotkeys or just short forms for action commands?

Posted by Marianne ® , 09/30/2022, 16:16:22 Reply   Forum

Hotkeys are great. They are useful for actions frequently done such as the hotkey Alt=
to add a new entry into your glossary. However, one easily runs out of hotkeys
and if you don't use them frequently, memorizing them is not so easy. Also typing
hotkey combinations which are way off the home row are quite finger twisting.

There are plenty of actions that can be done fast and easy just by typing a few letters:
opening the Option or Glossary menu or viewing all the glossaries of your Glossary list
plus the special glossaries and being able to easily select the one you want to view.
The new Command menu offers you plenty of possibilities.

The command entries I have in mind are:

om <=> {ToggleFocus}{Ctrl O}{NoSpacing}

opens the Option menu

gm <=> {ToggleFocus}{Ctrl G}{NoSpacing}

opens the Glossary menu

vag <=>
{PickActiveGlossary}
showSpecialGlossaries = "y"
variableName = "picked-glossary"
snippetName = "view-picked-glossary"
{/PickActiveGlossary}{Wrap}
{NoSpacing}


shows you the list for you to select by typing the first letter of the glossary you want to view.

It is always recommended to have your command entries regrouped in a separate glossary.
And if you are using different glossaries for different doctors or accounts you may want
to have them available all the time. In this case you can add them to the Prime glossary
once and for all!

Of course, you can change the short form to whatever you like.




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