Accessing Frequently Used Commands

How to:

Add Commands to the Quick Access Toolbar
Create Keyboard Shortcuts

Reference:

Customize Dialog Box
Customize Keyboard Dialog Box

The Quick Access Toolbar provides access to frequently used commands, and the option to customize the toolbar with the commands that you use most often. By default, the Open, Save, Save All, Quick Print, Undo, Redo, Cut, Copy, Paste, Run, and Customizing Quick Access Toolbar buttons appear on the Quick Access Toolbar, as shown in the following image.

Note: When using the undo and redo commands, consider that these actions may not take effect on options or information that is changed in every panel. In addition, if you change multiple options in one panel, for example, the undo or redo command will reverse all of those indicated changes in one action.
The Cut, Copy, and Paste commands can be used on text, objects on the HTML canvas and Document canvas, and fields on the Report canvas.

The Customize Quick Access Toolbar button (down pointing arrow) appears on the Quick Access Toolbar and opens the Customize Quick Access Toolbar menu. This menu contains a list of the default commands on the toolbar. You can clear these commands to hide them from the toolbar. There are also options to add more commands with the Customize dialog box, move the Quick Access Toolbar below the ribbon, and hide the ribbon.

You can also add commands using the Customize dialog box. To access the Customize dialog box, select More Commands from the Customize Quick Access Toolbar menu. From the Customize dialog box, you can choose which commands you want to add to or remove from the Quick Access Toolbar, as well as the order in which the commands appear.

The Quick Access Toolbar is always available. By default, it is located in the upper-left corner of the App Studio interface. To move the Quick Access Toolbar below the ribbon, click the arrow button, and then click Show Below the Ribbon.

Reference: Customize Dialog Box

Using the Customize dialog box, you can add or remove commands from the Quick Access Toolbar. By providing access to the Customize Keyboard dialog box, you can also customize the keyboard by setting keyboard shortcuts for commonly performed tasks.

Choose commands from: Opens a list of available areas in App Studio. The Commands section dynamically repopulates with the commands that are associated with your selection.
Commands: A list of commands from a specific area of App Studio. You can select commands and use the Add or Remove buttons to add or remove them from the Quick Access Toolbar. Commands are represented by the icon that displays on the ribbon. Commands that have no icon and a vertical arrow are command groups. Commands that have an icon and a horizontal arrow are commands with submenus. You can add all commands, command groups, and commands with submenus to the Quick Access Toolbar.
Add: Adds a selected command from the Commands list to the Quick Access Toolbar.
Remove: Removes a selected command from the Quick Access Toolbar. If no command is selected, the last command on the Quick Access Toolbar is removed.
Up: Moves a command up in order on the Quick Access Toolbar.
Down: Moves a command down in order on the Quick Access Toolbar.
Reset: Reverts the Quick Access Toolbar to use the default commands (Open, Save, Quick Print, and Run).
Show Quick Access Toolbar below the Ribbon: Displays the Quick Access Toolbar below the ribbon when selected.
Customize: Opens the Customize Keyboard dialog box. For more information on the Customize Keyboard dialog box, see Customize Keyboard Dialog Box.
OK: Applies the changes you made to the Quick Access Toolbar.
Cancel: Exits the Customize dialog box without applying any changes you made to the Quick Access Toolbar.
Help: Opens the App Studio Help.

Procedure: How to Add Commands to the Quick Access Toolbar

You can quickly add commands to the Quick Access Toolbar by right-clicking the ribbon, groups, or the individual commands, and selecting Add to Quick Access Toolbar, or you can follow the procedure below.

On the Quick Access Toolbar, click the arrow, and then click More Commands.

The Customize dialog box opens.
In the Choose commands from list, select a command group.
Select a command name, and then click Add.

The command name appears in the Quick Access Toolbar list.

If you select a command group or a command with a submenu, all associated commands are accessible from the Quick Access Toolbar.

To remove a command name from the Quick Access Toolbar list, select the command, and then click Remove.
Click the arrow buttons to rearrange the order of command names in the list.

This also rearranges how the command buttons appear in the Quick Access Toolbar.
Click OK to save your changes.

Reference: Customize Keyboard Dialog Box

The Customize Keyboard dialog box is used to create and edit keyboard shortcuts to commands. You can access the Customize Keyboard dialog box by clicking the Customize button in the Customize dialog box from the Quick Access Toolbar.

Categories: A list of the available areas in App Studio. The commands associated with that area are displayed in the Commands section.
Commands: A list of commands from a specific area of App Studio. You can select commands and then assign a keyboard shortcut to them.
Current Keys: Displays the current keyboard shortcuts associated with the selected command.
Press new shortcut key: Press the keyboard shortcut you want to assign to a specific command. Once the Assign button is clicked, this keyboard shortcut will then be displayed in the Current Keys list for the selected command.
Set Accelerator for: Enables you to set an accelerator for one of the following: Default, HtmlPage, or Document.
Description: Provides a description of the selected command.
Assign: Allows you to assign a keyboard mapping to a command.
Remove: Allows you to remove an assigned keyboard mapping.
Reset All: Resets all keyboard mapping assignments for every command. A warning displays to ensure that want to perform this action.
Close: Exits the Customize Keyboard dialog box and return to the Customize dialog box.

Procedure: How to Create Keyboard Shortcuts

To open the Customize dialog box, do one of the following:
- Click the drop-down arrow on the Quick Access Toolbar and then click More Commands.
- Use the shortcut menu on the ribbon or Quick Access Toolbar and then click Customize Quick Access Toolbar.
Click Customize.

The Customize Keyboard dialog box opens.
From the Categories list, select an area that contains the command that you want to create a shortcut for.
From the Commands list, select a command.
In the Press new shortcut key area, enter the key combination that you want to use with the command you selected.

You can make a shortcut up to three keystrokes long (For example, Ctrl+Shift+R).
Click Assign.

A shortcut is now assigned to the command you selected.
Click Close to exit the Customize Keyboard dialog box.