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Managing Hotkeys

Use the Hotkey Manager area of the Hotkey Editor to manage the Hotkey catalogues.

Clear
  Clears the contents of the Keystroke field in the Keystroke Editor before you enter a new keystroke sequence.
Set
  Is the second-to-final step when assigning a keystroke sequence to a button or function. You must use Save as the final step to make the change permanent. See Editing Hotkeys and Creating New Local Hotkeys.
Reset
  Resets the current local hotkeys to their default settings.
Reload
  Reloads the current catalogue of hotkeys. This is useful if you made a change but have not yet saved it, and you wish to discard the change.
Save
  Saves the current hotkeys to the current user's Hotkey catalogue.
Reset All
  Resets all hotkeys to their default settings.
Reload All
  Reloads all hotkeys from the current user's Hotkey catalogue.
Save All
  Saves all hotkeys to the current user's Hotkey catalogue.
Hide Panel
  Hides the Hotkey Editor panel when you want to select a menu button otherwise hidden by the panel. The panel reappears when you select a menu button. Alternatively, click in an open area to return to the Hotkey Editor panel without selecting anything.

NoteThis button is only available when accessing the Hotkey Editor from a module.

Clone
  Used to assign a regular keyboard keystroke sequence to a single button, field, or function. You can use Clone to map multiple keystroke sequences to a single button, field, or function using the regular system keyboard. This feature does not provide macro functionality.

To clone a button, field, or function:

1. Select a button, field, or function in the Hotkey catalogue.
2. Click Clone in the Hotkey Manager area to create a second entry for this button, field, or function.

   A “Y” appears in the Hotkey catalogue indicating that the cloned hotkey is user-modified.

3. Activate a control or enter a keystroke sequence on the system keyboard).
   NoteYou must enter a keystroke sequence that is not in use. Otherwise, an error message appears.
4. Click Set in the Hotkey Manager area of the Hotkey Editor.
5. Click Save to save the changes to the current user catalogue.