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fmAutoMate HotKeys
fmAutoMate has a selection of keyboard shortcuts - Hot Keys - to give you instant access to its most powerful and prolific features and functions.
This not only brings the power of fmAutoMate's script workspace context menu to your fingertips & keyboard, but also opens up fmAutoMate's functions to all areas of the FileMaker development environment.
For example, to quickly patch code over virtually any remote connection
- with
⌃⌘ C
you canXopy
any copiable FileMaker object straight to the clipboard as XML- and then on a remote computer with
⌃⌘ V
you canPaXte
it directly into a deployed database
Moreover, with ⌃⌘ K
you can pop up fmAutoMate's Extended HotKey dialog anywhere in the FileMaker GUI to apply powerful functions to Layouts, field definitions, even calculation text.
fmAutoMate's HotKeys have been designed to
- be easy to remember
- harmonise with other apps & Hot Keys
- maximise your productivity
fmAutoMate has four combinations of modifier key it uses
For Action | Use | Modifier Keys |
---|---|---|
Main HotKeys | ⌃⌘ |
control + command + key |
Extended HotKeys |
⌃⌘ K … |
control + command + K, then some more keys |
Navigation HotKeys | ⌃⇧ |
control + shift + key |
Seldom Hot>Keys | ⌃⌥⌘ |
control + option + command + key |
Legend
Symbol | Key |
---|---|
⇧ |
shift |
⌃ |
control |
⌥ |
option |
⌘ |
command |
⏎ |
return |
fmAutoMate uses ⌃⌘
(control
+ command
) for its main HotKey actions:
Press | For | In order to | fmAutoMate menu path |
---|---|---|---|
⌃⌘ X |
Xut | Cut and convert to XML | Clipboard > Xut |
⌃⌘ C |
Xopy | Copy and convert to XML | Clipboard > Xopy |
⌃⌘ V |
PaXte | Convert from XML and paste | Clipboard > PaXte |
⌃⌘ F |
Find | Search for a term | Find and Replace > Find |
⌃⌘ G |
Find again | Search for the same term again | Find & Replace > Find Again Forwards |
⇧⌃⌘ G |
Find again backwards | Search for the same term again backwards | Find & Replace > Find Again Backwards |
⌃⌘ A |
Find & Replace All in XML | Show dialog to search & replace in the XML of the selection | Find & Replace > Find & Replace ALL in XML |
⇧⌃⌘ A |
Find & Replace All in XML again | Search & replace in the XML of the selection again | Find & Replace > Find & Replace ALL in XML AGAIN |
⌃⌘ H |
Insert History | Insert a history step in your script | Code > Insert > History |
⌃⌘ P |
Insert Pseudocode | Enter Pseudocode in a dialog | Code > Insert > Pseudocode |
⌃⌘ M |
Multiply code * clipboard | Multiply the selected code by the clipboard contents | Code > Multiply > Multiply… |
⌃⌘ S |
Save a code snippet | Save the selected item as a snippet to Documents/fmAutoMate/Snippets
|
Code > Snippet > Save |
⌃⌘ L |
Load a code snippet | Load a snippet from Documents/fmAutoMate/Snippets
|
Code > Snippet > Load |
⌃⌘ O |
Open subscript | Opens the selected subscript (needs fmIDE) | fmIDE > Open Script |
⌃⌘ U |
Open URL | Open a URL | (under review) |
⌃⌘ F12 |
Repeat | Repeats the last action again (under review) | fmAutoMate > Repeat Last Function |
⌃⌘ K |
HotKeys | Show the HotKeys menu | HotKeys > Extended HotKeys |
To show fmAutoMate's Extended HotKey Dialog press ⌃⌘ K
You can then choose a function with the mouse, or by typing an action's shortcut characters.
For example:
In this context | Press | In order to |
---|---|---|
When cursor is in a field |
⌃⌘ K then c c c ⏎
|
copy the current column |
After copying a multi-line text |
⌃⌘ K then v 1 ⏎
|
paste the next line of the clipboard |
After copying a multi-line text |
⌃⌘ K then v v ⏎
|
paste the next line of the clipboard including a return |
fmAutoMate uses ⌃⇧
(control
+ shift
) for its navigation HotKey actions, focussing mostly on the - easily reachable - group of keys on the left of the keyboard:
Press | For | In order to |
---|---|---|
⌃⇧ W |
Window navigation | Search for & select the window you need |
⌃⇧ 1 |
Navigate to window #1 | Activate / jump to / deactivate the main window |
⌃⇧ 2 |
Navigate to window #2 | Toggle between the front two windows |
⌃⇧ 3 |
Navigate to window #3 | Rotates the front three windows |
⌃⇧ Q |
Quick layout navigation | Quickly search for & select the layout you need |
⌃⇧ A |
Navigate to fmAutoMate file | Re-open the fmAutoMate file |
⌃⇧ O |
Navigate to Layout Object | Search for & select the layout object you need (IN DEV) |
⌃⇧ F |
Navigate to Layout Field | Search for & select the layout field you need (IN DEV) |
fmAutoMate uses ⌃⌥⌘
(control
+ option
+ command
) for its seldom (mostly inter-app) HotKey actions:
[ToDo]
This is a snapshot of fmAutomate's HotKeys 18.10.2022.
Note: HotKeys may change, we are still reviewing the landscape.