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How to create custom keyboard shortcuts?

W. Craig Carter, MIT

Posted 10 years ago

Hello, I'd like to create a keyboard shortcut the executes the FrontEndToken "MoveNextCell". I realize that "MoveNextCell" is not fully integrated. However, this works: FrontEndTokenExecute["MoveNextCell"] just as this does SelectionMove[EvaluationNotebook[], Next, Cell]. Modifying this Item[KeyEvent["Right", Modifiers -> {Shift}], "SelectNext"] to Item[KeyEvent["Right", Modifiers -> {Shift}], "MoveNextCell"] in SystemFiles/FrontEnd/TextResources/Macintosh/KeyEventTranslations.tr (Mac) doesn't work as expected (after restarting the FrontEnd). Any ideas? Thanks, Craig

POSTED BY: W. Craig Carter

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Posted 10 years ago

I just tested this with M10.0.1 on OS X and it works. Some possibilities of why it didn't work for you: ~~Did you restart Mathematica? (Sorry about asking the obvious :)~~ Sorry, I didn't read carefully. Did you create any other files in that directory? I might be wrong about this, but I think that the first time I modified KeyEventTranslations.tr, I created a backup of that file in the same directory, also with the extension `.tr`, and this prevented things from working correctly. Just in case: make sure you place any backups outside of Mathematica's installation directory.

POSTED BY: Szabolcs Horvát

Posted 10 years ago

Thanks Szabolcs, Yes, I restarted a second time just to be sure (thanks, asking the obvious is the best first step for me....). The only other files that directory were in the SystemMenuSetup.tr~ left over from the vi-editor. I removed those and now it works! Thanks,

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