RAD2007 Hotkeys changing

Clayton Arends

CBuilder Developer

RAD2007 Hotkeys changing

2007-10-29 11:57:57 PM
cppbuilder17
Has anyone else noticed any main menu hot key changes after running the IDE
for a while?
Specifically (for me) "Build all projects" has the traditional hotkey of "U"
but after I run the IDE for a while the hotkey switches to "P". I haven't
worked out a duplicatable series of events yet but I am curious if others
have noticed this. Restarting IDE resets the hotkey.
RAD2007 Enterprise Update 3
Clayton

ohmy

CBuilder Developer

2007-10-30 04:51:58 PM

Re:RAD2007 Hotkeys changing

On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 16:57:57 +0100, Clayton Arends
< XXXX@XXXXX.COM >wrote:

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Has anyone else noticed any main menu hot key changes after running the
IDE for a while?

Specifically (for me) "Build all projects" has the traditional hotkey of
"U" but after I run the IDE for a while the hotkey switches to "P". I
haven't worked out a duplicatable series of events yet but I am curious
if others have noticed this. Restarting IDE resets the hotkey.

RAD2007 Enterprise Update 3

Clayton
Yes. It changes to 'p' when the 'Build <unit name here>' option becomes

available
(which is when you open a program source file). Most annoying.
Sometimes some of the menu shortcuts themselves stop working too. Pressing
alt+s
does nothing, I have to first press alt, release it, then hit 's'.
This VCL feature where it automatically adds shortcuts to menus that have
none
must have looked like a good idea at one point. Please stop using it :p

Clayton Arends

CBuilder Developer

2007-10-31 12:22:46 AM

Re:RAD2007 Hotkeys changing

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This VCL feature where it automatically adds shortcuts to menus that have
none must have looked like a good idea at one point. Please stop using
it :p
I have to agree. When I first saw that feature introduced for menu items I

thought it was neat too. However, I've never implemented it in my programs
since I think shortcut keys should be part of the design process ... not an
afterthought or a bonus. Then again, I'm still a keyboard guy.
Clayton

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Duane Hebert

CBuilder Developer

2007-10-31 02:08:02 AM

Re:RAD2007 Hotkeys changing

"Clayton Arends" < XXXX@XXXXX.COM >wrote in message

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>This VCL feature where it automatically adds shortcuts to menus that have
>none must have looked like a good idea at one point. Please stop using
>it :p

I have to agree. When I first saw that feature introduced for menu items
I thought it was neat too. However, I've never implemented it in my
programs since I think shortcut keys should be part of the design process
... not an afterthought or a bonus. Then again, I'm still a keyboard guy.
It gets tricky when you don't know from your code which language is being

used
to display the menus. Maybe that was the motivation...

Clayton Arends

CBuilder Developer

2007-10-31 03:36:55 AM

Re:RAD2007 Hotkeys changing

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It gets tricky when you don't know from your code which language is being
used to display the menus. Maybe that was the motivation...
It could have been one of the benefits.

I haven't done any extensive internationalization but shouldn't translating
the hotkey also be part of the translation process?
For example:
&OK ->Buen&o
or
&OK ->&Bueno
Clayton

Duane Hebert

CBuilder Developer

2007-10-31 04:06:40 AM

Re:RAD2007 Hotkeys changing

"Clayton Arends" < XXXX@XXXXX.COM >wrote in message

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>It gets tricky when you don't know from your code which language is being
>used to display the menus. Maybe that was the motivation...

It could have been one of the benefits.

I haven't done any extensive internationalization but shouldn't
translating the hotkey also be part of the translation process?

For example:

&OK ->Buen&o

or

&OK ->&Bueno
Maybe but then you need to know that this particular

OK is for a menu item (or button or whatever) as
opposed to something else that doesn't need
a shortcut.
You also need to know that &O is unique when used.
Having a translator work that out is not always optimal.
I can see that an automatic shortcut generator would
be useful in this context.