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Open color menu with keyboard shortcut

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How would I open this menu with a keyboard shortcut?

"stroke color" does not open this menu

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maybe you could implement a new shortcut to open this menu, so that you can quickly change the color of whatever annotations are selected
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Re: Open color menu with keyboard shortcut

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Hello, MedBooster

I can pass the idea along, certainly, but I cannot promise that it will be implemented.

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Re: Open color menu with keyboard shortcut

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I am referring to "more colors" so that you would get the color tray to either add remove or change existing colors or press OK to modify selected annotations
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Re: Open color menu with keyboard shortcut

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Hello, MedBooster

I am afriad that at this time, this item is not slated for a keyboard shortcut mapping.

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Re: Open color menu with keyboard shortcut

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TrackerSupp-Daniel wrote: Thu Mar 14, 2024 9:28 pm Hello, MedBooster

I am afriad that at this time, this item is not slated for a keyboard shortcut mapping.

Kind regards,
slated as in you're not planning to implement it? I think it would be pretty cool... a good way to change stroke color... though I guess if you had the rectangle tool selected it would not understand whether it should change the fill color or the stroke color... so maybe it wouldn't be so useful. Just asking because I'm constantly in that menu.
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Re: Open color menu with keyboard shortcut

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Hello MedBooster,

Yes - there are currently no plans to implement shortcuts for that menu.
You can assign custom shortcuts to the individual styles though.

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Re: Open color menu with keyboard shortcut

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Just as a pop-up to make the fill color tray appear at the cursor (highlighting the first recent color, allowing you to use arrow keys and enter to choose or left clicking with your mouse)

Regardless what tab you're in (in the ribbon), and *without* switching to the format tab.

This is my elaborated suggestion
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Re: Open color menu with keyboard shortcut

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Hello, MedBooster

If you simply wish to access these option without switching to the format tab, you can either keep the properties pane open, or add the "fill color" and "stroke color" to your toolbar in a relevant location for quick access to these items as needed. For example:
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