Hotkey Editor

The Hotkey Editor enables you to save different Hotkey Catalogs, and share these Catalogs with other users. Use the Hotkey Editor to manage hot keys (also known as keyboard shortcuts).

The Hotkey Editor allows you to:

Quickly and easily modify the existing default hotkeys.
Keep a copy of your user defined hotkeys for sharing and backup or updating your copy of Composite.
Regroup or Document a list of all hotkeys.

Some hotkeys are not listed in the hotkey editor, as they are fixed and cannot be changed. To edit hotkeys, see Editing Keyboard Shortcuts with the Hotkey Editor.

The Hotkey Editor allows you to modify all the hotkeys described in the default Composite hotkey resource file. The Hotkey Editor displays all the hotkeys grouped into domains. Domains act as folders, and hotkeys as leafs of these domains.

NoteSome hotkeys are not listed in the hotkey editor, as they are fixed and cannot be changed.

The hotkeys displayed are those found in the default Composite hotkeys resource file and the current active Hotkey Catalog—see Hotkey Catalogs.

The active Hotkey Catalog is displayed in the Catalog menu at the bottom of the Hotkey Editor.

NoteYou can manage the Catalogs from the File Browser in the hotkeys subfolder of the user home folder, which is similar to how Color Palettes work.

The browser section of the Hotkey Editor is composed of four columns.

Name Represents the name of the domain or the hotkey action. This cannot be modified.
Value Represents the keystrokes composing the hotkey. This can be edited by clicking the cell or by typing F2 after selecting the row.
Type Represents the type (Press/Release) of the hotkey. This can be edited by a right-click edit option on the cell or by typing F2 after selecting the cell.
User Indicates if a hotkey has been user defined. This would be indicated by a mark icon which is read only.

Hotkey Format

Composite has a hotkey format standard that needs to be followed in order for a hotkey to be valid. When creating and editing hotkeys, the following keystroke conventions apply:

All modifiers Ctrl, Alt, and Shift must come before any other keystrokes.
Modifiers must be entered in the above order.
A hotkey can be composed of one to three modifiers and one normal key.
You are limited to four keystrokes per hotkey operation.
Key strokes in a hotkey operation are pressed at the same time.
You cannot use a combination of keystrokes more than once.

The formatting will be handled by Composite automatically, meaning that as soon as you release the last key, the hotkey string is automatically generated, and entered in the value editor.

Hotkey Catalogs

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