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Re: Setting up customized short cut keys in FA Pages

null@example.com (itronics) — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 17:14:14 +0000

apmuthu wrote:

The shortcut here is not to merely go to a URL but for a specific (Memo) field in a form to get focus. Will this "&" method do it?

Oh, yes you are right. I was misleaded by the original qusetion about 'Tab called Memo'. Now I see here Memo is input field, so hot key will not work here.

Janusz

Re: Setting up customized short cut keys in FA Pages

null@example.com (apmuthu) — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 08:37:37 +0000

In empty.po as well for relevent mods to be ported to other languages if used.

Re: Setting up customized short cut keys in FA Pages

null@example.com (lavanyakashyap@gmail.com) — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 05:52:38 +0000

Thanks all for the quick reply. Just a quick question. These modification are done on the page level i.e if i am modifying the Banking and ledger page. The Short cut keys code should be implemented in the Banking and Ledger.php right?
I am new to FA and still analyzing the code base how it works hence this question.

Re: Setting up customized short cut keys in FA Pages

null@example.com (apmuthu) — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 03:38:29 +0000

The shortcut here is not to merely go to a URL but for a specific (Memo) field in a form to get focus. Will this "&" method do it?

Re: Setting up customized short cut keys in FA Pages

null@example.com (itronics) — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 23:02:53 +0000

You can just add '&' before 'M' letter in tab tittle to have it available under Alt-M (Alt is standard hotkey activator in FA.)
If you use any localization, you can change it translation *.po file, and use it after *.mo file generation (see other translation related threads on the forum if you are not sure how to do it).

Janusz

Re: Setting up customized short cut keys in FA Pages

null@example.com (apmuthu) — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 09:17:08 +0000

Code from this link may help.

Ctrl-M is an alternative Carriage Return character (CR) - 0x0D.

includes/ui/ui_controls.php has a few shortcut keys defined outside of the functions at lines 443 - 457:

/* Table editor interfaces. Key is editor type
    0 => url of editor page
    1 => hotkey code
    2 => context help
*/
$popup_editors = array(
    'customer' => array('/sales/manage/customers.php?debtor_no=', 
        113,    _("Customers"), 900, 500),
    'branch' => array('/sales/manage/customer_branches.php?SelectedBranch=', 
        114, _("Branches"), 900, 700),
    'supplier' => array('/purchasing/manage/suppliers.php?supplier_id=', 
        113, _("Suppliers"), 900, 700),
    'item' => array('/inventory/manage/items.php?stock_id=', 
        115, _("Items"), 800, 600)
);

The "F#" function keys are coded in the succeeding function:

/*
    Bind editors for various selectors.
    $type - type of editor
    $input - name of related input field
    $caller - optional function key code (available values F1-F12: 112-123,
        true: default)
*/
function set_editor($type, $input, $caller=true)
{
    global $path_to_root, $Editors, $popup_editors, $Pagehelp;

    $key = $caller===true ? $popup_editors[$type][1] : $caller;

    $Editors[$key] = array( $path_to_root . $popup_editors[$type][0], $input, 
        $popup_editors[$type][3], $popup_editors[$type][4]);
    
    $help = 'F' . ($key - 111) . ' - ';
    $help .= $popup_editors[$type][2];
    $Pagehelp[] = $help;
}

Setting up customized short cut keys in FA Pages

null@example.com (lavanyakashyap@gmail.com) — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 06:13:10 +0000

Finance team in my organisation want some extra short cut keys to be enabled apart from the existing ones.
For example
In the Banking and Ledger page/Payments there is a Tab called "Memo".
I want to put a short cut key to Memo , so that if i press Cntl+M , i should be able to navigate to Memo directly.
Can anybody please suggest me how would do this?
Can i modify the Banking and Ledger Page.php?
Would there be any adverse effects on any other pages and the FA if i do this?