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# Hotkey Editor Menu Settings

Hotkey Manager Area

Clear button
  Clears the contents of the Keystroke field in the Keystroke Editor before you enter a new keystroke sequence.

Set button
  Sets the contents of the Keystroke field. See Editing Hotkeys.

Reset button
  Resets the current local hotkeys to their default settings.

Reload button
  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 button
  Saves the current hotkeys to the Hotkey Catalogue of the current user.

Reset All button
  Resets all hotkeys to their default settings.

Reload All button
  Reloads all hotkeys from the Hotkey Catalogue of the current user.

Save All button
  Saves all hotkeys to the Hotkey Catalogue of the current user.

Hide Panel button
  Hides the Hotkey Editor panel when you want to select a menu button 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 button
  Assigns a regular keyboard keystroke sequence to a single button, field, or function. See Editing Hotkeys.

Keystroke Editor Section

See Creating New Local Hotkeys for more information on using the Keystroke editor.

Keystroke field
  Displays the keystroke sequence. Click keys in the Keystroke Editor or the keyboard to enter a new sequence.

Description field
  Displays the name of the selected menu button. Non-editable.

Map to Button field
  Displays whether the selected hotkey is a map-to-button hot key (a keystroke sequence that is mapped to a button or a field on the current menu). Non-editable.

Value Type box
  Select a value type for the selected menu button.

Integer Increment field
  Displays the integer increment for the selected value type. Editable.

Float Increment field
  Displays the float increment for the selected value type. Editable.

Cycle Pop-up button
  Enable to allow the new hotkey to cycle through options for the selected box.

Search Section

Search field
  Displays the search criteria for the Hot Key Catalogue. Editable.

Search button
  Performs a search based on the characters in the Search field.

Previous button
  Selects the previous highlighted item in the search results.

Next button
  Selects the next highlighted item in the search results.

Miscellaneous Settings

User field
  Displays the current user that hot keys are saved for. Non-editable.

Keyboard Type box
  Select the type of keyboard being used to take advantage of extra keys on certain keyboards. See Selecting Your Keyboard Type.

Catalogue Options box
  Select whether to display the Global or Shared Hotkey Catalogue. Available when the Hotkey Editor is accessed from the Preferences menu.

Exit button
  Exits the Hotkey Editor.