Hot Keys Tab

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You can assign hot keys to the REDIPlus actions that you perform most frequently on the Hot Keys tab. Rather than using your mouse, you can press the single key or combination of keys you assign to perform the corresponding action. In this way, you can speed up your processing or address your preference for keyboard-centric processing.

The Hot Keys tab consists of two group boxes:  the Commands group box, where you select the action to be assigned a hot key, and the Hot Key group box, where you assign the key or combination of keys to the action selected.

To assign a hot key

  1. Right-click a REDIPlus dialog box or monitor, select Properties from the shortcut menu, and the Properties dialog box appears.

  2. Click the Hot Keys tab.

  3. Select an action category from the first drop-down list box in the Commands group box, and the corresponding actions appear in the list box below. There are three action categories from which to select:

  1. Select the action in the list box to which you want to assign a Hot Key.

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  1. Click the Hot Key field and then type the key or combination of keys to be assigned to the action you selected. You can use a single function key (e.g., [F2] - [F12]), or any combination of [Ctrl], [Alt], [Shift] and a function key or standard key (e.g., [Ctrl] + 2, [Shift] + [F7], [Alt] + A, etc.).

  1. Once you have entered the Hot Key, click [Assign] to assign it to the action you selected. You can then assign another Hot Key by selecting another action, etc., or click [OK] to return to the dialog box or monitor.

To clear a hot key

  1. Right-click a REDIPlus dialog box or monitor, select Properties from the shortcut menu, and the Properties dialog box appears.

  2. Click the Hot Key tab.

  3. Select an action category from the first drop-down list box in the Commands group box, and the corresponding actions appear in the list box below.

  4. Select the action in the list box from which you want to clear a Hot Key.

  5. Click [Clear], and then [OK] to process the change.