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AngelaIp
Ideator I
4 years ago

Is there a keyboard shortcut to switch through opened tabs?

Hi community,

does anyone know, if there are any keyboards shortcut available to switch through opened tabs?

I am looking for a keyboard shortcut to

- set the focus to the tabs pane
- move back and forth inside the tab pane
- set focus back from tab pane to item window 

I think some simple shortcuts would ease up navigation - especially for administrators that have a tendency the mouse arm syndrome. I noticed that I most of the time switch to the mouse for the sole purpose of selecting another tab. 

Does anyone know a secret shortcut that could work? Or has somebody an idea to build this on, maybe with CUI?

Any input welcomed! Thanks!

Angela

CUI
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  • AngelaIp's avatar
    AngelaIp
    Ideator I
    4 years ago

    Hi community,

    I found something interesting in the codetree. The tab pane is rendered by Modules\compontents\tab.js.

    This file already contains functions for keydown events!

    There are now a couple of options:

    1. Keydown events to switch through tabs are available, but I don´t know which key combinations to use

    2. Keydown events are somekind of prepared inside Innovator, but haven´t been fully implemented yet.

    3. The shown code does something completely different and I am on the wrong track.

    Has anyone of you one of the latest Innovator version (15/16/17) up and running and can check if keyboard shortcuts work there?

    Best regards!

    Angela

  • AngelaIp's avatar
    AngelaIp
    Ideator I
    4 years ago

    Hi mczbas,

    thanks for your tip with the custom keyboard shortcuts!

    I right now try to connect your suggested project with my discovery I made before. I am basically able to switch trough tabs via Methods with regular Form buttons. It works more or less accurate, sometimes it still switches into the wrong direction, but should be fixable.

    The bigger question is right now: Which CUI location is suitable for this kind of shortcuts? Regular item windows or search grids are not the best variant cause they are tied to certain ItemTypes.

    I need something that is generic enough. Maybe the Navigation button or the Enterprise Search pane. There are so many options....

    Where are the Aras employees in this forum when we need them?  [emoticon:dbebcc234b5646ae9035b59f9b586acd]

    • AngelaIp's avatar
      AngelaIp
      Ideator I
      4 years ago

      Ok, now things get really weird. Some recent events offers a lot room for speculation.

      Reason: The above topic suddenly make it to the lastest roadmap - in addition to other usability related topic I posted in this forum in the past weeks!

      To be fair: It´s excellent that this kind of topics made it to the roadmap! Thanks you![emoticon:44a8a53ad3364ea78a16c5a3229f75bb][emoticon:1435ff2429184e17bc948e4f19178e1e]