[digiKam-users] Simple keyboard shortcut question

[Frédéric Da Vitoria]

Le 29/11/2022 à 17:18, Chris Deuchar a écrit :
> And I'll second that request!
>
> Chris D
>
> On Tue, 29 Nov 2022 at 15:00, <ajaxx at tase.com> wrote:
>
>     i try hard to find answers on my own.  But after reading the
>     digiKam Handbook, the shortcut configura-
>     tion in KDE applications page and more than a few searches, I am
>     still confused.
>
>     I want to use the Preview window for culling and tagging.  I
>     select Tags or delete images (toolbar button) with the mouse
>     (right-handed). With my left, I want to move forward (next
>     picture) and back (previous picture) via keyboard shortcuts.  I
>     know there is a forward (>) and back (<) on the left side of the
>     Preview window, but I don't want to move the mouse across the
>     screen while I could do it faster and more comfortably with my
>     left hand and a keyboard shortcut.  The default shortcuts are
>     Alt+Left and Alt+Right.  Both of these defaults makes me reach all
>     the way across to the right-hand side of the keyboard and using
>     the Alt+ is uncomfortable.
>
>     My thought was, use "b" for back and "f" for forward.  They are
>     much better for my left hand.
>
>     I set a custom key "b" for back and saved it.
>
>     In Preview, when I hit "b" digiKam moves my sub-album selection to
>     the top album. Not what I expected.
>
>     All this is to say, can I use single key strokes like b and f as
>     shortcuts?  (and how do I do it...)
>
>     digiKam 7.8.0 / MariaDB 10.10 / Windows 10
>
>     Thanks
>

My guess is that single keys are used to select the album which starts 
with the letter you typed. Doesn't your first album start with letter 
"B"? On my system, nothing happens when I type "B", but the first album 
is named "Photos" and the selection indeed moves to the first album when 
I hit "P"

You are trying to issue a command, so you should try with a function key 
or letters / digits combined with Ctrl or Alt.

-- 
Frédéric Da Vitoria
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