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Shortcuts

Settings > Shortcuts Every keyboard shortcut of Candy Dialogue Creator can be changed. The Shortcuts category has one page per group of actions. For the list of shortcuts and their default keys, see Keyboard Shortcuts.

The Groups

Page	Actions
General	Undo and redo, saving and loading, export and import, testing, the settings.
Windows & Layouts	Edit Layout, new windows, quick layouts.
Navigator	Selecting, moving, copying and deleting in the Dialogue Navigator.
Editor	Moving from Line to Line, tab to tab and Variation to Variation, and editing tags.
Commands	One action per Command: adds a Line of that Command.
Presets	One action per Preset: inserts it.
Inserts	One action per insert: types it.

The actions of the last three pages are generated from your data: a new Preset or insert receives an action automatically. None of them has a key until one is assigned. Changing a Key Each action has a row: its name, two key buttons, and Reset. An action can have two keys. 1. Click one of the action's key buttons. 2. Press the key, optionally with Ctrl, Shift or Alt. Every key is accepted as the shortcut, Escape and Enter included. 3. Press OK. Cancel leaves the key unchanged. No Key removes it. A key belongs to one action at most. When the key pressed already belongs to another action, the window names that action: pressing OK removes the key from it.

Button	What it does
Reset	Restores the action's default keys.
Reset Page	Restores the default keys of every action of the page.

Where Shortcuts Work

Group	Where
General, Windows & Layouts, Editor, Commands, Presets, Inserts	In every window. A text field being typed in retains the keys it uses itself: there, Ctrl+Z undoes the typing, and Ctrl+C copies text.
Navigator	While a Dialogue Navigator has the focus: click its list first. They act on its selection.
Edit Tags	While an Advanced Speech Editor has the focus.

The Editor, Commands and Presets actions act on the Navigator clicked last and its Dialogue Editors. Because a text field retains its own keys, a shortcut made of a plain letter would type that letter while you write. Assign shortcuts a key with Ctrl or Alt, or a function key. Key Display

• In menus, right of the item.
• In the tooltip of the buttons that have a shortcut, such as Test.