I use tab jumps in function windows a lot. When I perform any action I usually call the function window by CTRL + SPACE and then jump with TAB from box to box.
Since CE, especially CE4 some tab jumps don't work in the correct order anymore, e.g. when placing a cell the "active cell" box is highlighted/activated and pressing TAB should move the focus to the next box. Should. But instead it hops somewhere else outside that window. If I put the Cursor in "active angle" everything works as desired. Even SHIFT+TAB jumps back to the "active cell" box.
When scaling elements in V8i I could open the function window and the box "method" was activated. I could switch between items in the drop down menu by pressing SPACE, arrows and ENTER and then TAB to the next box. Now in CONNECT the TAB jumps to nowhere.
Similar behaviour can be seen in many other function windows. Very obviously some programmer didn't do his homework properly. I think I already made a service ticket for that but nothing's changed so far.
This most likely due to a preference. Try the following:
1. Open the preferences dialog
2. Go to Look and Feel
3. Enable Auto-Focus Tool Settings
The setting when on will bring focus to the active tool enabling keyboard shortcuts.
For a more in depth explanation on the setting refer here
Well, it works for the tab jump order but completely corrupts my keyboard shortcut workflow. E. g. I have assigned "fence" to F7 and "manipulate fence" to CTRL+F7. If I activate auto-focus tool settings I can only create my fence but pressing CTRL+F7 does .... nothing. So this is no good solution for my workflow even if it works for the tab jump order (for whatever reason that had been changed in the first place, never had to activate these settings in V8i).
f.mandoki said:I have assigned "fence" to F7 and "manipulate fence" to CTRL+F7
Tested in Update 8 and with auto-focus on, F7 set to "place fence block", and CTRL+F7 set to "Modify Fence Icon" I get the desired behavior.
Good for you, on my machine (Win 7 Pro 64 bit, Powerdraft CE7) it does not work. I assigned lots of keyboard shortcuts and only a few work when this setting is activated. Hence it is no solution at all - at least for me.
I really wonder why the standard tab jump order doesn't just get fixed on code level. That's not rocket science, it's a fairly basic task. Most workarounds in Microstation generate other issues so I'd prefer a simple fix.
No changes here, so far. Am I the only one using the keyboard for switching through options?
I find it highly annoying to not being able to use standard procedures. In each and every Microsoft window you can jump around with TAB, SHIFT+TAB, ALT and whatever key combination there may be. Just not in Microstation. Why is that so?
I want to work FAST and ACCURATE and EFFECTIVELY. In some aspects Bentley put more obstacles in the way than removing them from CE10 or whatever CE it is. Instead they're going the easy way and call that behaviour WAD.
In this case here we're talking about a beginner's programming task, not rocket science. Why is it so hard to regenerate TAB tables?