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Add customizable key bindings

Add customizable key bindings

Submitted by 4-Participant on ‎Apr 09, 2014 11:35 AM
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athcad key bindings are thought for people using english keyboards only. Some key bindings don't work on other layouts (example: ^ for exponentiation). Some others are only available from keyboards with numerical pads (example: Ctrl - for subscript). Finally, some are in locations that are highly unconvenient for non-english keyboards.

I would recommand to add some customizable key bindings, with a key binding editor (or, at least, the ley bindings in a text or XML file that is easily understandaable and editable), to allow every user to optimize his work with the key bindings that he needs and use, and that are convenient and relevant to his environment.

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Werner_E
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24-Ruby V
‎Apr 09, 2014 11:50 AM
‎Apr 09, 2014 11:50 AM

Keyboard shortcuts with foreign keyboards were not really satisfactory in Mathcad 15 and below, too. But in Prime it got worse and they are horrible to simply not useable (^ on Italian keyboards)). With my German keyboard I seem to be lucky as at least I don't experience problems with ^ nor with Ctrl-- (other than that the dot was far more convenient for literal subs).

As PTC is still in Version 3 not able to fix this, I guess that customizeable shortcuts would be a good thing (along with a floating toolbar so we have not to go to the ribbons all the time).

BTW, its silly but this system does not assume that you think your idea is a good one. You are supposed to click the up button yourself, too.