Does anyone know how I can disable the F-8 Short-cut key in Enterprise Guide? It just ruined my morning. Ugh.
Thanks.
Hi Linda,
You can't really "disable" the short-cut keys per say, but you can re-program them to do nothing:
From the list of pull-down menus across the top, start with Program, then
Editor Macros -> Record New -> hit the space bar once and then hit the backspace key once to delete the space you just typed -> Program - > Editor Macros - > Stop Recording -> enter a name for your new "do-nothing" macro in the Keyboard macro name text box -> click on the Assign keys button -> place your cursor in the Press new shortcut key text box -> press the F8 key -> click on the Assign button -> click Ok
Note that if you delete this "do-nothing" macro that you just created, the F8 key will go back to doing what it did before.
A bit of a round-about approach, but if you really want the F8 key to do nothing when you hit it, this will work.
John
Hi Linda,
You can't really "disable" the short-cut keys per say, but you can re-program them to do nothing:
From the list of pull-down menus across the top, start with Program, then
Editor Macros -> Record New -> hit the space bar once and then hit the backspace key once to delete the space you just typed -> Program - > Editor Macros - > Stop Recording -> enter a name for your new "do-nothing" macro in the Keyboard macro name text box -> click on the Assign keys button -> place your cursor in the Press new shortcut key text box -> press the F8 key -> click on the Assign button -> click Ok
Note that if you delete this "do-nothing" macro that you just created, the F8 key will go back to doing what it did before.
A bit of a round-about approach, but if you really want the F8 key to do nothing when you hit it, this will work.
John
Thanks John. Worked like a charm ! 🙂
Glad I could help
Have a great day,
AutoHotKey (a free tool) is another way to accomplish... see Chris' comment in this post:
https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Enterprise-Guide/Remap-Enterprise-Guide-hotkeys/m-p/341547#M22619
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