Shortcut Action
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Description and Usage
The Shortcut Action is used to define a shortcut or a so called "shortstring" for an element or an action.
- Shortcut
A shortcut is a key combination (e.g. Ctrl+S) where all keys are pressed together to trigger the action. If a shortcut has no modifier modifier key defined (Clt, Alt or Meta) the action will not be triggered if the keyboard focus is wihtin an editable field.
- Shortstring
A shortstring is in general a multi-character string which characters have to pressed to trigger an action. E.g. for a "Log out" link you can define the shortstring "lo". Shortstrings are not active if the keyboard focus is within an editable field.
Edit Dialog
The following parameters can be configured:
- Key Combination
- To define a shortcut press the desired key combination. The following keys could not be entered directly but must be selected from the dropdown marker next to the input field: Enter/Return, Tab, Shift+Tab, Escape, Backspace. To delete the content of the field press backspace.
- Shortstring
- Enter one or more characters which must be pressed to trigger the action.
- Link Target (only for links)
- Links could be opened in the same tab, in a new tab or window.
- Select content of textfield (only for textfields)
- If checked the content of the textfield will be focused and selected otherwise the textfield will only be focused.
Please refer to the pages Target Element Definition and Common Action Attributes for information how to edit the rest of the dialog.
