[Clippings] Shortcut keys don't work?

[Alex Eng]

Thanks Brian for sharing your findings.  It sounds like the shortcut
key behaviour on Mac OS X is rather awkward to contend with.  So many
keys to hold down, and so many fingers involved, just to insert a
clipping using the keyboard!

I will have to research a workaround that would simplify things.  Of
course, any helpful reports of further observations on this issue are
most welcome.

A bug report has been created to document this issue; see
<https://www.mozdev.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=18879>.  Further comments
on this issue should be recorded there.


On Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 8:01 AM, mapache wrote:
> Hello Alex,
>
> I just tried this for the first time, with OS 10.2.8.
>
> 1- I assigned a shortcut letter to a clipping;
> 2- In a Firefox text box, pressed Ctrl+option+v.  The dropdown appeared
> 3- I pressed the shortcut key, and the text from the clipping appeared
> properly.
>
> It's important to note that I had to keep Ctrl+Opt+v depressed while I
> pressed the shortcut key.  If I released that three key combination prior to
> pressing the shortcut key, only the character for the shortcut key appeared.
>
> Best regards,
> Brian
>
>
>
>
>
> Alex Eng wrote:
>  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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