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juniper7
PostPosted: Thu Jun 27, 2013 8:10 pm 
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Never knew one could make hot keys for menu folders,:o or am I delving too much?
As I'm a real mouser, with it embedded in my hand, never use the keyboard that much, but was playing around and found something.
In case anybody wants to try. Make a custom command\item. Link up your folder, and put "&" in front of the label name.
So hitting the left Win key, release, then hit the letter key that is first letter in label name,
it gets to that folder a bit faster than mouse navigating. Only problems I see, are having to remember the letter, and to not use certain letters already taken up already, like P etc.
Always wondered what the underlined letters in the menu meant.
Are there other hidden symbol gems in CSM? That dollar sign looks mighty tantalizing.:twisted:


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Gaurav
PostPosted: Thu Jun 27, 2013 11:33 pm 
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Correct, those underlined letters are called keyboard accelerators and are defined using ampersand (&). You can define your own for custom items or change them for existing items. You can also make the underlines always show by going to Control Panel: Ease of Access Center: Make the keyboard easier to use: Underline keyboard shortcuts and access keys. Or you can hide them and press Alt to show them.

For items inside the Start Menu which are shortcuts (*.LNK), you can directly assign hotkeys to them from their Properties -> Shortcut tab. Then without even opening the menu, you can launch them. Create a shortcut to a folder or program and assign a shortcut to directly open it.

The recently used programs list also supports digits as accelerators. In Start Menu settings -> Special Items tab, if you set the option: "Shortcuts for the recent programs" to Digits or Hidden Digits, then the first 10 apps from Recent list can be opened using number keys on your keyboard.

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Links to some general topics:

● Compare Start Menus

● Read the Search box usage guide.

I am a Windows enthusiast and helped a little with Classic Shell's testing and usability/UX feedback.
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