Bug with duplicate key accelerator (using alt-F)

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Bug with duplicate key accelerator (using alt-F)

Postby jek » 09 Nov 2007

The alt key modifier is used to permit the keyboard to select commands.

Pressing alt-F will post the File menu in MC. Unfortunately, the Format menu also appears to use F (i.e. alt-F) as the accelerator which effectively means it can't be selected that way. Perhaps it should use alt-O or some such.

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Postby Marina Pashkova » 09 Nov 2007

Hi jek,

This is a known issue. We have recently added it to our bugs-to-be-fixed list.

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Postby jek » 14 Nov 2007

Note that in the absence of an API, keyboard traversal with a screen-scraper is about the only way to automate certain bulk operations.

This bug prevents access to that menu in any reasonably reliable way in order to automate things.

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Postby Marina Pashkova » 15 Nov 2007

Yes, jek.

This bug will be corrected in future.


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