[Clippings] Shortcut keys don't work?

Alex Eng aeng.aecreations at gmail.com
Fri Mar 28 15:09:46 PDT 2008


One more thing to try.  Instead of CTRL+ALT+V, try pressing
CTRL+option+V instead.  Let me know if that works.


On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 11:20 AM, Alexander Schneider wrote:
>
>  I have Clippings installed for Thunderbird only. Besides Talkback and
>  Growl Notifications, it is the only Add-on in Thunderbird.
>
>  The Shortcut Key drop-down field shows the key. It is 0.
>
>  When pressing CTRL+ALT+V, nothing happens. There is no dialogue. I am
>  definitely pressing CTRL+ALT+V. Does this tell you what is causing this
>  feature not to work?
>
>
>
>
>  On 28/3/08 18:16 CET, Alex Eng wrote:
>  > First off, which application did you install Clippings in?  Is this
>  > happening in Firefox or Thunderbird?
>  >
>  > It doesn't matter whether a clipping is in a folder or not; as long as
>  > a shortcut key was assigned to a clipping, it *should* work as you
>  > described.
>  >
>  > Invoke Clippings Manager, look for the clipping with the assigned
>  > shortcut key and confirm that the Shortcut Key drop-down field shows
>  > the key that you assigned to the clipping.
>  >
>  > When pressing CTRL+ALT+V, do you see a dialog box with this message:
>  > "Press the shortcut key of the clipping you want to paste.  To Cancel,
>  > press Esc"?  CTRL+ALT+V is enabled when a web page text box is focused
>  > (Firefox) or you are composing an email or newsgroup message
>  > (Thunderbird).  In any other situation, CTRL+ALT+V will be ignored.
>  >
>  > I would suggest disabling all your Firefox/Thunderbird extensions
>  > except Clippings, and try again.  Perhaps another extension is
>  > interfering with CTRL+ALT+V.
>  >
>  > Since Clippings is a Firefox and Thunderbird extension, it will only
>  > work within either of those two apps.  It will not work in other
>  > desktop applications like Safari, Pages, MS Word, etc.
>  >
>  >
>  > On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 9:39 AM, Alexander Schneider wrote:
>  >>  CTRL+ALT+V, then the shortcut key.
>  >>
>  >>  That doesn't work, whether clipping is in a folder or not. What should i
>  >>  do to troubleshoot?
>  >>
>  >>  Mac OS X 10.5.2
>  >>
>  >>  Alex
>  >>
>  >>
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