Re: Shortcut keys
Re: Shortcut keys
- Subject: Re: Shortcut keys
- From: "Mark J. Reed" <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 11 May 2005 11:13:47 -0400
That doesn't work. The only thing you can map keys to in the Keyboard & Mouse system prefs is
existing menu items.
Things that are already under File or Edit or Finder or whatever, like
Open and Copy. You can't map a key to run a program unless you
already have an app with a menu item that runs that program.
As many folks have said recently in what has now become three different
threads: if you want to map a keyboard shortcut to run an AppleScript
you will need to install a third-party utility to let you do it.
I'm just getting into this area myself, but so far it seems like
FastScripts is a good choice if what you'll be running is mostly
AppleScript programs.
On 5/11/05, Steven Valenti <email@hidden> wrote:
The Keyboard & Mouse Preference option doesn't trigger my compiled
script.
I made this simple script:
tell application "Finder"
display dialog "Hello"
end tell
Saved compiled script into home script folder with name "Hello".
In Keyboard & Mouse Preference clicked add, chose Finder as
Application, in menu put in "Hello", and typed in shortcut.
I'm not getting the dialog box when I press this shortcut.
I'm I missing something???
Steven
On May 11, 2005, at 9:50 AM, Stephen Jonke wrote:
>
>
> On May 11, 2005, at 9:07 AM, Steven Valenti wrote:
>
> > Is there any way to apply a keyboard shortcut to activate a certain
> > named script in a home script folder? My users have asked if they
> could
> > have a shortcut key to our most commonly used scripts.
>
> You could use a third party tool such Keyboard Maestro. However there
> is a built-in means to set keyboard shortcuts for menu items in 10.3
> and later. It's in the Keyboard & Mouse settings in the System
> Preferences. So... first you'll want to enable the scripts menu, put
> your scripts into it, then use the "Keyboard Shortcuts" preferences in
> the Keyboard & Mouse system preferences to set keyboard shortcuts for
> your script(s).
>
> To install the Script menu (taken from Script Editor help):
>
> Double-click Install Script Menu in the /Applications/AppleScript
> folder
>
> Then you'll want to put your scripts in the menu (select "Show Scripts
> Folder" from the script menu, and put your scripts in there).
>
> Then you'll want to set keyboard shortcuts for them as noted above. You
> have to enter the exact name of the menu.
>
> Steve
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