| Re: Using IT with Fluency -- Brenda Matzigkeit | |||
| Posted by KarenS ® , 08/28/2026, 08:35:46 | Reply | Top of Thread | Forum |
If a hotkey short conflicts with a hotkey you always use for something else, then changing it to something else permanently is definitely the way to go.
But if there's a scenario where an IT hotkey only conflicts on rare occasions and you want to temporarily "disable" it, you can set it up as its own glossary and add/remove it as an Includes when needed.
For example, I have the following hotkeys in my #Hotkeys glossary:
Alt D = Delete Highlighted Expansion Entry
Alt E = Edit Highlighted Expansion Entry
Alt V = View Highlighted Expansion Entry
I've used these specific hotkeys for years, and I love them. With Alt D, I'm giving up the ability to automatically jump to the file/path name in File Explorer. But that's fine because 99% of the time, I'm already mousing if I want to go there, so I just use my mouse to click into that field.
But there is that "once in a rare blue moon" moment when I sometimes will be doing a bunch of stuff for a short while in File Explorer that involves grabbing the full path name, and I need to get into that field via a hotkey. Changing the hotkey in File Explorer is not an option.
So what I do instead is put the Alt D/Delete Highlighted Expansion Entry into its own glossary and add it as an Includes to the shell #Hotkey glossary. Then, in those moments when I want to temporarily remove it, I just edit the #Hotkey glossary, and delete the Includes. When I'm finished doing what I need to do in File Explorer, I View/Edit the #Hotkey glossary again and add the Alt D back to the Includes window.
It works great for those very infrequent scenarios where there's a conflict and it's not a key you absolutely need during that conflicted moment.
I hope this makes sense.
-Karen :)
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