"ENTER" key to open comments + simplify search shortcuts

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"ENTER" key to open comments + simplify search shortcuts

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Hello:

1.
Is it possible to use also the "ENTER" key to open (for example) comments and attachments?
For clarity, there's a "double-click" option in the photo. Could the "ENTER" option be added as well?
Could we also add a "ENTER" option, combined with the "double-click" option?
So that someone can choose both double-click and "ENTER" (at the same time, depending on their preference)?
Comment with Enter-key.gif
Because currently, if I press "ENTER," it goes to the next page.



2.
In the "All Shortcuts" line, I find 143 shortcuts (see the red square in the photo).
scorciatoie COMANDI.gif
If I want to find a specific shortcut (see the blue square in the photo), for example, the "ENTER" shortcut, I have to manually scroll through all 143 shortcuts.

Is there a way to insert the "ENTER" shortcut directly into the "Find" line (see the green square in the photo), rather than having to scroll through them one by one?
This would be a significant time saver.
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Re: "ENTER" key to open comments + simplify search shortcuts

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Hello, kio

Unfortunately, like in your other post regarding the Tab key, there are a few "standard" keys. Namely, Tab, Space, and Enter - Which are inherently hardcoded into the software and in most cases, will cause a conflict, even if you remove them from all of the customizable actions, because not all actions can be customized.

I would advise against trying to create hotkeys using these three keys, as they will often experience conflicts.

To directly address your questions.

1. No there is no way to configure this as an option, because Enter is too universally needed for other items to be configured in this way. You could bind the "open popup note" command to a different hotkey for quick access, but enter would not be advisable.

2. Not in the search menu, and as noted above, Enter specifically has a number of actions that are hardcoded and don't appear in this list, but If you begin customizing any tool, you can see possible conflicts with other customizable commands specifically:
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Re: "ENTER" key to open comments + simplify search shortcuts

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1. = Ok, thanks.

2.
Ok thanks: I said "enter", but I could have said any other key used as a shortcut:
for example, if I associate the letter "A" with a command, to find the letter "A" within the 143 commands,
I will have to scroll through all 143 commands one by one = and this is quite slow.
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Hello, kio

So, as an example of what I meant in #2 earlier... Try adding "A" to any command. You should see that there are no conflicting commands, as in my screenshot:
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You do not need to manually scroll through the entire list, the menu here will show you the names of other commands with conflicting keybinds before you commit them.

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ahhhhh, thanks!
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:)
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