Menu Mnemonics

[Bob Sneidar]

A slightly better version: 

on rawKeyUp pKey
   -- put pKey
   put getParentCard(the long id of the target) into tParentCard
   put the editing of tParentCard into tEditMode
   
   if tEditMode is empty then \
         pass rawKeyUp
   
   switch pKey
      case 65307 -- esc
         if the editing of tParentCard is among the items of "new,edit" and \
               there is a button "btnCancel" of tParentCard then \
               send mouseUp to button "btnCancel" of tParentCard in 15 milliseconds
         
         break
      case 65535 -- del
         if the editing of tParentCard is "view" and \
               there is a button "btnDelete" of tParentCard then \
               send mouseUp to button "btnDelete" of tParentCard in 15 milliseconds
         
         break
      case 65293 -- return
         if the editing of tParentCard is "view" and \
               there is a button "btnEdit" of tParentCard then \
               send mouseUp to button "btnEdit" of tParentCard in 15 milliseconds
         
         break
      case 65421 -- enter
         if the editing of tParentCard is "view" and \
               there is a button "btnEdit" of tParentCard then \
               send mouseUp to button "btnEdit" of tParentCard in 15 milliseconds
         
         break
   end switch
   
   pass rawKeyUp
end rawKeyUp


> On Jan 5, 2024, at 2:33 PM, Bob Sneidar <bobsneidar at iotecdigital.com> wrote:
> 
> NVM. I decided to use rawKeyUp for this. I have done this in the past. 
> 
> on rawKeyUp pKey
>   put pKey
>   put getParentCard(the long id of the target) into tParentCard
>   put the editing of tParentCard into tEditMode
> 
>   if tEditMode is empty then \
>         pass rawKeyUp
> 
>   switch pKey
>      case 65307 -- esc
>         if the editing of tParentCard is among the items of "new,edit" then \
>               send mouseUp to button "btnCancel" of tParentCard in 5 milliseconds
> 
>         break
>      case 65535 -- del
>         if the editing of tParentCard is "view" then \
>               send mouseUp to button "btnDelete" of tParentCard in 15 milliseconds
> 
>         break
>      case 65293 -- return
>         if the editing of tParentCard is "view" then \
>               send mouseUp to button "btnEdit" of tParentCard in 15 milliseconds
> 
>         break
>      case 65421 -- enter
>         if the editing of tParentCard is "view" then \
>               send mouseUp to button "btnEdit" of tParentCard in 15 milliseconds
> 
>         break
>   end switch
> 
>   pass rawKeyUp
> end rawKeyUp
> 
> FYI the getParentCard function simply returns the long id of the card the target is on. The editing of a card is a custom property I set when entering one of 4 modes, New, Edit, View and Search. 
> 
> Bob S
> 
> 
>> On Jan 5, 2024, at 2:11 PM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi all. 
>> 
>> When creating menus, I can put an ampersand before any character in the menu item and that becomes the Command Key Equivalent on MacOS. But what if I want the Del key to trigger the Delete menu item? Is there a way to set the text for that? I tried doing it in the Menu Builder but no go. 
>> 
>> Bob S
>