Dan Frakes: I think you've misunderstood which missing keystrokes I'm trying to say should be reported. It is not those of Services, or user-defined keystrokes for every other app or global additions, or those that are not available in this app at this time; I'm after the "hidden" keystrokes (read: those keystrokes within an app that are not listed in the Menus).
E.G., Adobe GoLive, amongst many others, used to use 'Command-Comma' (before Apple made it the default for app prefs) to change focus from the link text on a page to the Link Inspector. This incredibly handy shortcut is not listed in the menu bars. Nor can one alter it in Panther's Keyboard prefs, because it is not a Menubar item. Nor can one (easily) learn this keystroke even exists unless one bought the retail package version of GoLive, and the keystroke cheat sheet is not missing from the package (something that happened to an entire shipment of EDU versions we once received). Let's face it; even users who have the manual and documented lists of keystrokes per app are just plain lazy; they fail to study such lists,a nd they lose or misplace the cheat sheets. They waste time -- tons of time -- mousing around and getting CPS for want of knowing the correct keystroke.
My point is that if KeyCue, or another such app, could scan within an app and find and report all those "hidden" keystrokes, it would be phenomenal. If it also had the ability to compare those keystrokes with user-defined preferences, so much the better. As I said, I would pay *way* more than the current asking price if it could let me file away all the app cheat sheets I have littering my desk, and I know of lots and lots of people, primarily digital artists who end up wasting tons of time mousing around instead of *learning* those cheat sheets, who would gladly pay, too.
BTW, I'm not sure if you were aware of an existing feature in KeyCue that "grays out" those keystrokes that are currently unavailable to the focussed window; I don't see much difference between that ability and the ability to "gray out" any hidden, user-defined, or global prefs, too.
Am I asking for a lot? Maybe. Too much? I hope not. If the KeyCue developers can't do it, perhaps a competitor will read this thread and see the, IMO, golden opportunity they're missing.
Cheers
KeyCue
Display list of currently available menu shortcuts by holding down a command key.
Version: 4.5
Misunderstood Perspectives - sjk
Requesting that Apple redesign its "flawed" menu key shortcut key implementation is where I'd focus my energy instead of asking third party developers to write "hack" solutions based on it. Maybe there's still time to do something about it for 10.4. :-)Reply to This
Tuesday, May 18 2004 @ 04:12 PM PDT