Difficulty assigning keyboard shortcut

duckworth · Post by **duckworth** » Wed Mar 14, 2007 11:38 pm

I am having trouble trying to assign Ctrl+Alt+F to EditCopyFileName in version 5. I listed all of my current shortcuts and it isn't currently assigned. When I try to assign it, the "Assign" button does not get enabled. I had no trouble assigning this in version 4.7.3, am I missing something obvious?

Thanks,
John

ak47wong · Post by **ak47wong** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 2:30 am

What happens if you try another keystroke combination? Is Ctrl+Alt+F the only key you can't use? If so, it's possible that it's already been assigned to a Windows shortcut. Try using a utility like this to check:
http://www.rjlsoftware.com/software/uti ... rtcutkeys/

Andrew

ACRobin · Post by **ACRobin** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 8:10 am

ctrl+alt+f key assignment works ok on my copy of TP 5.0 on win2000 - for information.

duckworth · Post by **duckworth** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 2:16 pm

I have checked my shortcuts with the aforementioned program and nothing is bound to Ctrl+Alt+F. Ii seems it is not limited to EditCopyFileName, but any action. It seems that I cannot assign a shortcut with any combination of Ctrl+[A-Z0-9] or Ctrl+Shift+[A-Z0-9] or Ctrl+Alt+[A-Z0-9], however just [A-Z0-9] or Shift+[A-Z0-9] or Alt+[A-Z0-9] works as well as any combination of Ctrl+[^A-Z0-9] or Ctrl+Shift+[^A-Z0-9] or Ctrl+Alt+[^A-Z0-9] also works fine.

Very strange. What would be preventing only alpha-numeric shortcuts when used in a Ctrl + Shift or Alt chord?

Textpad 5, Windows XP SP 2