Comments on: Control Panel Keyboard Shortcut

By: Jongware

Jongware — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 16:42:38 +0000

Ben (too late, I know): if you know the shortcut combo but don’t know how it’s called in the Shortcut Editor dialog, or cannot find the proper subsection, all you need to do is click Show Set. It calls up a summary of all functions and currently active shortcuts, and all you need to do is use Find to locate the shortcut combo — then you’ll see what the function is called and where it’s found.

By: Ben

Ben — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 06:34:11 +0000

No worries – I found it under “Views & Navigation” called “”Toggle focus to/from Control panel”

Cheers

By: Ben

Ben — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 06:32:09 +0000

I’m trying to change this shortcut to one of my own – do you know what it’s called or where it is in the Keyboard Shortcuts dialogue?

Cheers

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 15:37:13 +0000

I always like using the arrows to flip through type faces and styles. I select the text frames with either selection tool, press t to get the type tool, then cmd-6. That way the text isn’t reversed from being highlighted, and I can do multiple frames at a time.

Of course, this is only useful when you want to change ALL the text in a frame. And it doesn’t work with linked frames. But text in inline or anchored frames stays independent.

For experimenting with headlines, or just prototyping body copy, this works pretty well.

By: George Coghill

George Coghill — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 03:54:53 +0000

At least in InDesign CS3, you can use the Spacebar to apply a setting while retaining focus in the Control Bar, in addition to the above-mentioned Shift-Return/Enter (at least on OS X).

A bonus Mac keyboard tip: when in Dialog boxes (Don’t Save, Save, OK, Cancel, etc.), you can use the keyboard here as well. Just Tab to the item you want; you’ll see a subtle highlight around the buttons. Then hit the Spacebar to “click”. Similar to hitting the Return/Enter key to choose the default option (the darkened button).

By: thomas

thomas — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 06:33:49 +0000

Thank you for your answers! And, yes, I will order the poster with the shortcuts. After having worked for years on a AZERTY keyboard, I am now working on a QWERTY keyboard and make use of all the shortcuts.

By: Adi Ravid

Adi Ravid — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 22:40:23 +0000

Great collection of shortcuts.
You missed Cmd+Opt+` or Ctrl+Alt+` for PCs (` is the ~ key), that returns and highlights the last used field of a panel (any panel, not only the control). I use it a lot.

By: Bob Levine

Bob Levine — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 19:06:58 +0000

One small thing worth pointing out…you must use the main keyboard 6 or 7. Those keys on the numeric keypad are reserved for applying styles and won’t work.

By: David Blatner

David Blatner — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 18:41:32 +0000

Oh yes… I’m not above a shameless plug every now and again, if it means helping support our favorite indesign resource!

By: John Clifford

John Clifford — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 18:22:38 +0000

Huh, hoo, wha, . . . oh I get it, a shameless plug.