Alt+ Hotkey Help

[CelticBerry]

I'm implimenting a number of Alt+ hotkey combinations in my SVG and hitting a few problems. Specifically Alt+G ('/') and Alt+M ('.') don't appear to work. Works fine with all my other Alt+ key combinations...

<loadScene xlink:href="x-exec://net_rim_bb_passwordkeeper.net_rim_bb_passwordkeepe r" begin="accessKey(@)"/> {works fine}
<loadScene xlink:href="x-exec://net_rim_bb_file_explorer.Music" begin="accessKey(.)"/> {doesn't work}
<loadScene xlink:href="x-exec://net_rim_bb_profiles_app.Profiles" begin="accessKey(0)"/> {works fine}
<loadScene xlink:href="x-exec://GoogleMaps" begin="accessKey(/)"/> {doesn't work}

Anyone got any thoughts?

Thanks,
CB

[wu-wei]

I have also run across a few that won't work when assigned with hand-coded SVG, like the semicolon ( ; ). I have also not been able to assign anything to the slash (/) and I don't recall whether I've ever tried (.).

Are you assigning these keys by hand coding? If so, you might try assigning them in Composer and looking at the code it generates...there might be a slight variation there.

[CelticBerry]

Originally Posted by wu-wei

I have also run across a few that won't work when assigned with hand-coded SVG, like the semicolon ( ; ). I have also not been able to assign anything to the slash (/) and I don't recall whether I've ever tried (.).

Are you assigning these keys by hand coding? If so, you might try assigning them in Composer and looking at the code it generates...there might be a slight variation there.

Composer generates exactly what you'd expect - i.e. the same as the hand-coded version.

My suspicion is that certain characters (like ; / .) confuse the interpreter then it codes them and hence don't work. I wondered whether there was some sort of syntax like CHR$(2F) or CHR$(47) that might give the equivalent character without crashing the code generation...

Cheers,
CB

[wu-wei]

Originally Posted by CelticBerry

Composer generates exactly what you'd expect - i.e. the same as the hand-coded version.

My suspicion is that certain characters (like ; / .) confuse the interpreter then it codes them and hence don't work. I wondered whether there was some sort of syntax like CHR$(2F) or CHR$(47) that might give the equivalent character without crashing the code generation...

Cheers,
CB

I've come to the same conclusions as you (those characters confuse the builder during compile) and wondered the same (alternate coding for those keys). So far I've taken the easy way out and used other keys instead.

I seem to recall someone making a theme that used a wallpaper listing all their shortcut keys. There were tons. (Embarrassing admission of weak memory - it may have been YOU ). I can't recall right now whether they had listed those keys as assigned.

[CelticBerry]

Originally Posted by wu-wei

So far I've taken the easy way out and used other keys instead..

LOL - As did I!

Originally Posted by wu-wei

I seem to recall someone making a theme that used a wallpaper listing all their shortcut keys. There were tons. (Embarrassing admission of weak memory - it may have been YOU ). I can't recall right now whether they had listed those keys as assigned.

I have exactly the same memory - it struck me at the time as a clever way of reminding the user what all the shortcuts were - but sadly it wasn't my idea!