Re: Menu Item Key Equivalent

2011-08-09 Thread Leo
On 8/5/11 4:43:06 AM, Uli Kusterer wrote: On 05.08.2011, at 08:49, Jens Alfke wrote: Photoshop has always used letter keys as commands to select tools, and most other image editors on Mac follow suit, like Pixelmator and (I think) Acorn. I’m not sure if these show up in menus, though, although

Re: Menu Item Key Equivalent

2011-08-05 Thread koko
Lots of good information. It seems that what I want should work and as mentioned does work with unadorned numeric equivalents but does not with unadorned alphabet equivalents. So I am still searching but thanks to all. On Aug 5, 2011, at 1:14 AM, Quincey Morris wrote: > On Aug 4, 2011, at 23

Re: Menu Item Key Equivalent

2011-08-05 Thread Andy Lee
On Aug 5, 2011, at 3:14 AM, Quincey Morris wrote: > On Aug 4, 2011, at 23:42 , Kyle Sluder wrote: > >> Not being an Aperture user myself: Is Aperture a Cocoa app? Do these key >> equivalents work if the main content view isn't first responder. Are they >> even assigned in the menus? >> >> FWIW

Re: Menu Item Key Equivalent

2011-08-05 Thread Bill Appleton
do you handle performKeyEquivalent: un your view? thx Bill On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 1:43 AM, Uli Kusterer wrote: > On 05.08.2011, at 08:49, Jens Alfke wrote: > > Photoshop has always used letter keys as commands to select tools, and > most other image editors on Mac follow suit, like Pixelma

Re: Menu Item Key Equivalent

2011-08-05 Thread Uli Kusterer
On 05.08.2011, at 08:49, Jens Alfke wrote: > Photoshop has always used letter keys as commands to select tools, and most > other image editors on Mac follow suit, like Pixelmator and (I think) Acorn. > I’m not sure if these show up in menus, though, although that seems like a > good idea, as it

Re: Menu Item Key Equivalent

2011-08-05 Thread Quincey Morris
On Aug 4, 2011, at 23:42 , Kyle Sluder wrote: > Not being an Aperture user myself: Is Aperture a Cocoa app? Do these key > equivalents work if the main content view isn't first responder. Are they > even assigned in the menus? > > FWIW we do have unadorned keys like Z to zoom in OmniGraffle. I

Re: Menu Item Key Equivalent

2011-08-04 Thread vincent habchi
Le 5 août 2011 à 08:42, Kyle Sluder a écrit : > Not being an Aperture user myself: Is Aperture a Cocoa app? Do these key > equivalents work if the main content view isn't first responder. Are they > even assigned in the menus? Aperture runs in 64-bit mode and, AFAIK is built on the ProKIT. Isn

Re: Menu Item Key Equivalent

2011-08-04 Thread Jens Alfke
On Aug 4, 2011, at 11:30 PM, vincent habchi wrote: > Graham, I guess you’ve never used Aperture. It’s, as you know, an Apple > product, but it makes use of tons of single key shortcuts, like, e.g., Z for > ‘zoom’, H to show controls and so on… that are doubled in menu items. Photoshop has alwa

Re: Menu Item Key Equivalent

2011-08-04 Thread Kyle Sluder
On Aug 4, 2011, at 11:30 PM, vincent habchi wrote: > Graham, I guess you’ve never used Aperture. It’s, as you know, an Apple > product, but it makes use of tons of single key shortcuts, like, e.g., Z for > ‘zoom’, H to show controls and so on… that are doubled in menu items. Not being an Apert

Re: Menu Item Key Equivalent

2011-08-04 Thread vincent habchi
>> The reason I have tried is that in the same menu I use 0,1,3,6 without cmd >> modifier and they work just fine. >> > > I'd strongly suggest you don't do this. > > Firstly, it's completely non-standard. Users are used to cmd- for menu > actions, so odds are they'll see the equivalent, type c

Re: Menu Item Key Equivalent

2011-08-04 Thread Graham Cox
On 05/08/2011, at 6:45 AM, koko wrote: > The reason I have tried is that in the same menu I use 0,1,3,6 without cmd > modifier and they work just fine. > > FYI This is a a Zoom Menu > > A = zoom all > S = zoom selected > > 0 = zoom to hoop > 1 = zoom 1:1 > 3 = zoom 3:1 > 6 = zoom 6:1 I'd

Re: Menu Item Key Equivalent

2011-08-04 Thread koko
The reason I have tried is that in the same menu I use 0,1,3,6 without cmd modifier and they work just fine. FYI This is a a Zoom Menu A = zoom all S = zoom selected 0 = zoom to hoop 1 = zoom 1:1 3 = zoom 3:1 6 = zoom 6:1 On Aug 4, 2011, at 2:18 PM, Kyle Sluder wrote: > On Thu, Aug 4, 2011

Re: Menu Item Key Equivalent

2011-08-04 Thread Kyle Sluder
On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 1:06 PM, koko wrote: > Is not cmd-A and A different? Why would cmd-A need to be removed? Oh, I misread. Is this even supported? The key equivalent machinery might not dispatch non-modified characters to menus… --Kyle Sluder ___

Re: Menu Item Key Equivalent

2011-08-04 Thread koko
Is not cmd-A and A different? Why would cmd-A need to be removed? -koko On Aug 4, 2011, at 12:18 PM, Kyle Sluder wrote: > On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 9:17 AM, koko wrote: >> I have set the key equivalent for a menu item to A not cmd-A just plain A. >> >> I have other key equivalents set to numbers

Re: Menu Item Key Equivalent

2011-08-04 Thread Kyle Sluder
On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 9:17 AM, koko wrote: > I have set the key equivalent for a menu item to  A not cmd-A just plain A. > > I have other key equivalents set to numbers 0 , 1 , 3. > > If I hit 0, 1 or 3 the menu action method is called. > > If I hit A the menu action is not called. > > Where am I