A keyboard shortcut (or accelerator key, shortcut key, hot key, hotkey, key binding, key combo, etc.) is a combination of keys that you press simultaneously in order to perform a certain action.
Keyboard shortcuts are added, deleted and edited in a special window that can be opened in several ways:
| 1. | Click on the Comfort Keys icon in the tray (next to the clock). |
| 2. | Open the context menu with a right click on the Comfort Keys icon in the systems tray and select the Keyboard Shortcuts Settings item. |
| 3. | Press the keyboard shortcut that opens the settings (by default, Win+CapsLock). |
Next step: Specify the keyboard shortcut that will be used. There are two ways to do it:
| 1. | Switch to the Key combination field and press the necessary keyboard combination. |
| 2. | Use the mouse pointer to select the keys that will be used in the combination on the on-screen keyboard. |
Next step: Use the Action field to select the type of the action that will be performed when you press the specified shortcut key.
You can use the Active field to specify the display modes the specified action should work in. For instance, you can disable the Win keys and enable additional shortcut macros (see Play a keystroke macro) in the full-screen mode (when you start a computer game).
Last step: Specify advanced parameters for the selected action. See the list of all actions, their parameters and usage examples in the Action Types section.
Tips and tricks
| • | When you specify a keyboard shortcut, you can use any keys and their combinations, including NumLock, CapsLock, Alt+Tab (except for Sleep, WakeUp, Power, F-Lock and Ctrl+Alt+Del). |
| • | When you specify keyboard shortcuts, the left and right control keys (Shift, Ctrl, Alt or Win) are processed differently. If you want to use only right Shift, Ctrl, Alt or Win in a keyboard shortcut, press the right keys. If you want to use both right and left keys, press the left keys. |
| • | To delete a previously specified keyboard shortcut, select the (None) item in the Action type field. |
| • | To view the list of all specified keyboard shortcuts and select any of them, you can use the Key combination drop-down list. |
| • | To print the list of keyboard shortcuts, select the Print List item on the File menu. |
| • | You can configure several files with keyboard shortcuts and switch between them when you need it (for instance, enable a separate set of keyboard shortcuts for particular applications). You can activate the necessary keyboard shortcut set from the list of recently used ones by selecting the Activate Keyboard Shortcuts file item from the context menu of the program. Also, you can specify and use a keyboard shortcut for switching between files from the list in the context menu (by default, Win+O). |
| • | You can add a set of keyboard shortcuts from another file. To do it, select the Add set from file item on the File menu and select a file with a keyboard shortcut set. |
| • | You can add a set of standard keyboard shortcuts to your file. To add or remove a set of standard keyboard shortcuts, open the Options dialog box and select the Keyboard Shortcuts item. |
| • | All active keyboard shortcuts are shown on the built-in on-screen keyboard. See the Using the on-screen keyboard section for more details about how to use the on-screen keyboard. |
| • | To use one set of keyboard shortcuts in workgroups, save the file with this set of keyboard shortcuts to a network resource and configure it to be used on each workstation. |
| • | If you create a noteworthy set of keyboard shortcuts and send it to us, we will be glad to include it in the next release of the program. In this case, you will be specified as the author of this file. Send your files to dev@comfort-software.com or post them on our forum. |
