[JW Lua] Keyboard navigation in JW Lua tabs for macros

[Jari Williamsson]

Jan,

Thanks for the report. I'll fix the keyboard shortcut things and revert 
to the old behaviour for the Ctrl keys until that bug get fixed.



Best regards,

Jari Williamsson


On 2014-08-24 17:45, Jan Angermüller wrote:
> Jari,
>
> when starting JW Lua for the first time (on Windows 7 / Finale 2014),
> it opens with the "Explorer" tab.
> But the keyboard shortcuts seem to be set to "Development" tab.
> I.e. when pressing Alt-A the "Save as" dialog opens,
> instead of the "Refresh _A_ll" function.
>
> When switching to Development tab and back to Explorer tab,
> the Alt-A works again correctly as "Refresh _A_ll".
>
> And three suggestions for keyboard shortcuts:
> - Could you please add Alt/Ctrl/Cmd shortcuts for direct switching
>    of the three tabs ? (i.e. Alt-E: Explorer, Alt-M: Manager, Alt-V:
> Development)
>    That would enable macros, no matter what JW Lua tab is active.
>    I.e. it would be possible to start a JW Lua script from within Finale
>    with just one keyboard macro shortcut.
>
> - Alternatively you could include the tabs in the element navigation order,
>    so that they can be set to focus with the tab key. Currently they are the
>    only dialog elements that can not be reached with the tab key (on
> Windows),
>    but only with a mouse click. This also makes macros impossible
>    that need access to the tabs.
>
> - Could you take out the "Ctrl-F" as long as it deletes selected text ?
>    I think it's more dangerous to code than it is helpful. I have
> already had
>    several code pieces deleted and didn't notice.
>    "Alt-F" should be fine so far.
>
> Have a nice day,
> Jan
>
>
>
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