Hot Keys

mraftary · Post by **mraftary** » Wed Mar 15, 2006 10:11 pm

How about greying out currently used "Hot Keys" in the drop down window so that a user can tell which keys are already in use.

jpuziano · Post by **jpuziano** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 12:10 am

Hi mraftary,

I agreed and second you on this one. I'd posted a similar idea last year,
here's a link to the post: When assigning a Hot Key, show which are already taken

jpuziano wrote:Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2005 12:21 pm
Post subject: When assigning a Hot Key, show which are already taken
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When assigning a Hot Key to a macro, you have to actually pick one and click OK before it tells you that Hot Key is already assigned. Then you try again, that one taken as well... try again... etc.

To get a list of what's taken, you could go to the main Macro Scheduler window under "All Macros" and sort on the "HotKey" column but if you have lots of Hot Keys assigned, its still tedious just to find a free one.

If possible, how about "greying out" combinations that are already assigned right in the dropdowns where you assign the Hot Key? That way, users could see at a glance what is still available.
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Support wrote:Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2005 2:47 am
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This has been added in next release. Hot key lists no longer contain already assigned hot keys.
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Hi Marcus,

There had been a reply to this (see above) but I don't think it was implemented. Is this still on the "Wish List"?

Thanks

mraftary · Post by **mraftary** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 12:25 pm

Hi Gang:

After checking (just installed ver. 8.0) I see that this issue has been addressed. Outstanding!

Thanks,
Matt

jpuziano · Post by **jpuziano** » Sat Mar 18, 2006 9:38 pm

Hi Marcus,

I am running Macro Scheduler Pro 8.0.1

When I go in to assign a new hotkey to a macro, ALL of the hotkeys still appear in the dropdown even though most of them are already assigned to other macros. None of them look greyed-out.

Was this feature implemented or was it implemented in some other way/place???

jpuziano · Post by **jpuziano** » Wed Mar 22, 2006 6:21 pm

Hi Marcus,

No answer yet so I'm still wondering, was this implemented?

I'm using the newest version yet none of the assigned hotkeys are greyed out for me, all of them *always* appear in the dropdown list when assigning a hotkey... even the ones already assigned.

Is this feature working for anyone out there?

Post by **Marcus Tettmar** » Wed Mar 22, 2006 6:35 pm

Hi,

Sorry for the delay.

In the beta the used hotkeys were removed from the drop downs, but this caused other problems with the way the hotkeys were assigned. These problems weren't noticed until after 8.0 was released, so we needed to sort it quickly. So in 8.0.1 we simply reverted back to listing them as it was the safest solution at the time. So it's back on the list to find a solution that works without knock-on effects! It would be nice to actually grey them out, but that would require a new combox box object entirely, as that can't be done with the standard Windows combo box. Frankly there are other more important things to worry about right now, but, it is on the list!

jpuziano · Post by **jpuziano** » Wed Mar 22, 2006 7:40 pm

Hi Marcus,

Thanks for the reply. I thought something like that had happened... just wanted to confirm it with you. No rush, it can wait on the wish list until other more important things are sorted out.

Great job on the blog by the way. It seems to be the place to go to keep up with the latest developments with Macro Scheduler. In-depth articles explaining how to get things done are always appreciated (and no doubt will get linked to). Keep up the great work.

Post by **Marcus Tettmar** » Wed Mar 22, 2006 8:09 pm

Thanks for your understanding.

Glad you like the blog. At any time, if there's anything in particular you would like me to write about or you think should be featured on the blog please let me know.