Fixed Custom shortcuts do not work in TCMD 36.50

[DieterKoessl]

Assigning custom shortcuts (Options -> Customize -> Keyboard) does not work properly in TCMD 36.50.

• assign a new shortcut, say, Home -> Close Tab -> Alt+X
• it will be added to the Home menu and work flawlessly
• restart TCMD
• the shortcut will be gone and it is not recorded in the INI-File

Existing shortcuts, that is, shortcuts defined prior to v36.50, still are present in the INI-File, but will not be loaded. They are neither shown in the Customize -> Keyboard dialog nor are they present in the menu. This is true for both versions of the menu.

 

[rconn]

I can't reproduce any problem with creating & saving & reloading shortcut keys.

It's unclear to me how you know the shortcut is or is not recorded in the INI file. Shortcuts are saved in a binary blob (not user-readable) assigned to the Accelerators key in the [CommandBars] section in TCMD.INI. Do you have that section and key in your INI file?

 

[DieterKoessl]

The following are two excerpts of my INI-file:

[CommandBars]​

StatusBarPanes=0=1;59202=1;59203=1;59209=1;59201=1;59200=1;59137=1;59138=1;59139=1;59204=1;59205=1;59206=1​

Accelerators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​

AcceleratorsVersion=1​

​

and

[Settings\NormalLayout\Shortcuts\Shortcut20]​

Id=507​

Key=Alt+R​

[Settings\NormalLayout\Shortcuts\Shortcut21]​

Id=506​

Key=Alt+X​

[Settings\NormalLayout\Shortcuts\Shortcut22]​

Id=505​

Key=Alt+N​

These are from the backup of my INI-file, which was last changed by TCMD 36. I am not sure where the "[Settings\NormalLayout\Shortcuts\Shortcut..]" entries are coming from, but I think TCMD v36 was still updating them.

OK, here is something to test on your side.

• Exit TCMD.
• Edit the INI-file: delete everything following [TakeCommand], that is, clear the TCMD configuration.
• Start TCMD
• Use Options -> Custimize to assign a shortcut, say, Home -> Close Tab -> Alt+X
• Exit TCMD by pressing Alt+X
• Start TCMD
• Shortcut is still there and working (press Alt+X)
• Start TCMD
• Open TCMD options dialog, go to tab "Advanced" and check "Visual Studio-style menus"
• Do not change anything else and click OK.
• Exit TCMD
• Start TCMD
• shortcut is gone

I must admit, I have no idea which one of the many entries in the INI-file, that get created by the options dialog, is responsible for disabling the shortcut keys (but disabled they are).

Hope this helps.

 

[rconn]

Fixed in build 69.

RTL issue - the accelerator key was being saved, but not loaded when using the VS menu option. (There was a reason for this, because the default behavior was to populate the ribbon accelerators which crashed with VS menus.)

 

[DieterKoessl]

OK, it's working now, thanks.

I'm unsure, so what do you prefer?

• positive feedback, or
• no feedback if the issue is, in fact, fixed

 

[rconn]

I prefer feedback, either positive (it's working now) or negative (not fixed).