Hot keys in AIR application

I know hotkeys can be registered for menu items. Is it
possible to register a global hot-key? So that it will invoke a
delegate in an AIR application when you are doing something else
within your platform (OS)? If this is not available, sort of like
the shell access (executing other applications), it would be nice
to know if these are on the road-map for future AIR or if it will
never happen?

Hi,
Global hot keys are not supported in AIR 1.0.
However, you can submit a feature request (with a descriptive
use-case) at
http://www.adobe.com/go/wish

Similar Messages

Hot keys on apex application

Hi all pros
I am trying to implement "HOT KEYS " to my application 4.1.1
Alt-S Perform Search
Alt-C Clear Search Criteria
On Search Results Page
Alt-N Next set of results
Alt-P Previous set of results
Alt-F First set of results
Alt-L Last set of results
Alt-S Return to Search Again
Forms
Alt-S Save, or Submit
Alt-C Cancel
is there a way to do it without java script?
thanks in advance

fac586 wrote:
new new wrote:
Hi all pros
I am trying to implement "HOT KEYS " to my application 4.1.1
Alt-S Perform Search
Alt-C Clear Search Criteria
On Search Results Page
Alt-N Next set of results
Alt-P Previous set of results
Alt-F First set of results
Alt-L Last set of results
Alt-S Return to Search Again
Forms
Alt-S Save, or Submit
Alt-C Cancel
is there a way to do it without java script?If you're prepared to compromise on exactly which key combinations are used then there is, using the HTML <tt>accesskey</tt> attribute:
http://developers.whatwg.org/editing.html#the-accesskey-attribute
accesskey in HTML only activates the focus on the element and does not fire the action, It will only fire the action in HTML5 enabled browsers (at least browsers supporting this feature)

Hot Keys - applications

It would be great to be able to assign Hot Keys to different applications. For example, hit "T" for tools, so you don't have to navigate the menu; or "C" for camera etc.

The alternative command is Command-TAB.
When WoW operates in full screen it might not work however.
You posted in the wrong forum BTW.
Please post in the appropriate forum next time.
E.g. in one of the Mac OS X v10.4 Tiger forums.
Hope this helps.
M
17' iMac fp 800 MHz 768 MB RAM Mac OS X (10.4.6) Several ext. HD (backup and data)

Adding Custom Hot Keys, not Keyboard Shortcuts

So, I've gone online and done some research but I can't seem to find anything on creating custom, universal hot keys. Everything seems to be about keyboard shortcuts, which are great within the applications, but I'm looking to create Hot Keys that launch applications or folders.
For example, in Quicksilver (which is no longer working for some reason) I had a trigger to open my Applications folder set at "controlshiftA" one for my documents folder at "controlshiftD" and one to launch Safari at "controlshiftZ" but I can't seem to set this up without some sort of app launcher.
I also don't want to use an app launcher because the additional engine it uses just clogs up my resources and increases my start-up time by about a minute....

Sed_P wrote:
So, I've gone online and done some research but I can't seem to find anything on creating custom, universal hot keys. Everything seems to be about keyboard shortcuts, which are great within the applications, but I'm looking to create Hot Keys that launch applications or folders.
For example, in Quicksilver (which is no longer working for some reason) I had a trigger to open my Applications folder set at "controlshiftA" one for my documents folder at "controlshiftD" and one to launch Safari at "controlshiftZ" but I can't seem to set this up without some sort of app launcher.
You can't. You need an application launcher for those tasks.
I also don't want to use an app launcher because the additional engine it uses just clogs up my resources and increases my start-up time by about a minute....
as I said there is no way around that. either you use an application launcher or you won't have that functionality. 1 minute extra startup time sounds way too much. I use Butler, not quicksilver but I know for sure it only adds a few seconds and consumes very few resources when it runs. I suspect it's the same way with Quicksilver.
Message was edited by: V.K.

How do I turn off hot key commands for the application menu/main nav?

(I am using Photoshop CC on windows 7 64bit)
I continue to have this problem which in many ways slows down my workflow. It is a bit difficult to explain so bare with me here.
When I am working through the different functions and tools like switching from the polygonal lasso tool to duplicating a layer and then nudging the image with the directional keys the application menu/main nav is selected instead of the designated hot key and I need to hit esc twice to exit the main nav selection and go back to the tool I was using... “I did say this would be hard to explain”.
Let me paint a specific scenario that causes this to happen:
I want to create a mirror reflection for a product. I first duplicate the product image, then I flip it vertically and drag it to the bottom of the base image. Then I hit the directional up button to nudge it into place but this doesn’t work because by hitting the directional button ‘File’ from the main nav is selected. In order to return to the ‘move tool’ I need to hit esc twice or hit the mouse button once. This may not sound like a big deal and it’s not but do this 500 times a day for a week with the ‘polygonal lasso tool or PLT’ and tell me it’s not a big deal after that. When using the ‘PLT’ you have no option but to hit the esc button twice because if you click the mouse button you place an anchor for the PLT and chance loosing anything you have already preselected with the PLT.
Anyway, moral of the story is... I have a mouse which is more than proficient in selecting File, Edit, Image, Type and any other main nav query. I would love the hot keys to select just the tools and simply leave the main nav out of it... when I first purchased CS5 this function was not apparent. It was only after an update or maybe I blindly changed a preference and poof... every second hot key I push I select something from the main nav which is a completely pointless and annoying function for me which I have never used and never ever will.
Please Adobe tech masters, help me! I will be forever in your debt.
Cheers,
Tony

Not a problem in the Adobe software. Something is wrong with your input devices or you have something on your system that instates global, system-wide shortcuts that may conflict with application specific ones. You need to figure out what it is.
Mylenium

How can we implement product key feature while installing AIR application?

How can we implement product key feature while installing AIR application?

Hello,
Could you try using /Q or /QS parameter?
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms144259(v=sql.110).aspx
Hope this helps.
Regards,
Alberto Morillo
SQLCoffee.com

Package AIR Application include serial key list

Hi all,
I just finished my AIR application. Now, I want to distribution my app but I don't know how to package to .air file inculde serial key (it's mean to install my app, user must have serial key).
I searched on google but have no link satisfying.
Please help me.
Thanks,
ndt

Hi Anton Azarov,
"trial via instant connection to the internet" I think it's the best solution but if using it, user have to connect internet when run app (It's so inconvenience)
Anyway, thanks you so much,
Thanks,
ndt

How have a free thawte key for my Air application

I want sign my air apps.how to do it??

Hi,
could you please clearify what you mean when you say "I want sign my air apps.how to do it??"
what do you mean sign... are u trying to create signature for a certificate during pakaging of your application?
if thats the case it depends on the type of framework you are using to compile your air application . Are you using Flex, Flash or Ajax to develop an AIR app?.
or do you want to publish your application onto the adobe air market place?
if thats the case you need to register as a publisher and add an offering.
if its none of the above then i might have misunderstood what you are requesting...
surf

Open air application by window hotkeys

Hi
I am developing flex air application.I have to implement hot-key functionality in air application.
For example whenever user press any two keys like ctr and S keys the open flex air application. and whenever user press any two keys like ctr and q keys then close flex air application.
Is it possible in flex?
Thanks

Of course you can! Check the Keyboard's events:
http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/3/html/help.html?content=Capturing_User_Input_3.html

Touchpad hot-keys don't work after installing Wii XP on Satellite A200-1HV

Synaptics hot-keys after installing WinXp doesn't work.
http://i043.radikal.ru/0805/c5/09a7324bc1d2.jpg
On Vista i touch "Two arrows" touchpad lite up blue colour but now this does not happen.
I installed driver from Toshiba web-site for Win XP.
How to on hot-keys on touchpad?
From Russia with love = )

May be i said not good, about problem? I will try tell about my trouble. In Windows Vista Home Basic, when i touch "2 arrows" (You can see it, on screenshot, in up-right angel), after that, touchpad Began fluoresce by the blue colour, and after that i push 1 button from 6 buttons on touchpad (they all in red circle) and starts tha application. But no, when i touch "2 arrows", nothing happened. Is it information help to solve problem?
P.S. I try phone to Support, but, now in Russia we have holidays = (
Sincerely your JIABP.

AIR runtime and AIR applications built using Captive Runtime still need Admin Privilege to Install

I am working on a small project to install AIR application(native .exe & .dmg) with AIR runtime without needing the Administrator privilege so I used Captive runtime but the installation is still asking for admin privilege
I bundled AIR application with AIR runtime using Captive runtime from flash builder 4.6, then I packaged this into a .MSI using Advanced Installer. Now when I install it for a user without admin privilege it prompts me for Admin credentials.
Can you please tell me if
1. I need AIR distribution license to install AIR runtime without Admin privilege
2. Do I need a different installer
3. Am I missing any step here
Thank you

If you're installing to a location where Windows requires elevated privileges, like Program Files, you'll need to have admin privileges to continue. Are you using an AIR based native installer or have you taken the application with the captive runtime and rolled this up in your own installer?
Here's a section from the Installation and deployment options in Adobe AIR 3 article that might help:
Installation privileges
When designing an installer, one has the option to choose from approaches that may or may not require administrative privilege. For example, a drag-and-drop install on Mac OS X requires no special privilege; users can always copy the application into their own application folders, for which they have the necessary permissions. On the other hand, if registry keys must be written to the machine-specific portion of the registry on Windows, installation of that application will require administrative privilege to do so.
The two installer formats directly supported by AIR, AIR files and native installers, have always required administrative privilege. This was a design decision made in part to simplify the implementation of the AIR installers: If administrative privilege is assumed to be available, implementation is possible if the registry can be written to, and so on. It was also selected because, in many enterprises, this is the desired behavior: administrators can use the privilege requirement to gate software installation.
All the same, there are scenarios where supporting installation without requiring administrative privileges is desirable, or even necessary. This can now be achieved using custom installers; you simply need to author an installer that operates correctly with only standard user privilege. In practice this can be easy to achieve; a simple install-by-copy to a writable location (that is, in the user's own folder) will suffice. Should you author a more complex installer, you should keep in mind that the addition of certain operations during the install process will in turn reintroduce the requirement for administrative privileges.

Packaging an AIR application in a native installer

Hi! I'm trying to create a native installer of my AIR Application, because (I think) it's the only way make the native processes working. But I have a problem: I used the following command to pack: "adt -package -storetype pkcs12 -keystore myCert.pfx -target native -storetype pkcs12 -keystore myCert.pfx myApp.exe myApp-app.xml", but I get the error: "File myApp-app.xml is not a valid AIRI or AIR file". In the Flash Builder I use as additional compiler arguments: "-locale=pt_PT,en_UK,fr_FR,de_DE,ro_RO,es_ES -allow-source-path-overlap=true -source-path=assets" and I add the source path "src/locale/{locale}/". What is the sintax for packing my AIR application in a native installer? Thanks in advance.

Hi again! Thanks for the reply. I based myself on the link to see what command syntax I should use to pack my Air Windowed Application and it was the command that I presented in the previous post.
adt version "2.0.1.12090"
                                              My Descriptor File
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="no"?>
<application xmlns="http://ns.adobe.com/air/application/2.0">

    
    <id>com.MyCompany.Application</id>
    
    <filename>Production Control System</filename>
    
    <name>Production Control System</name>
    
    <version>2.1.3</version>
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    <initialWindow>
        
        
        <content>[This value will be overwritten by Flash Builder in the output app.xml]</content>
        
        
        
        <systemChrome>none</systemChrome>
        
        <transparent>true</transparent>
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
    </initialWindow>
    
    
    
    
    
    
    <supportedProfiles>extendedDesktop</supportedProfiles>
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    <customUpdateUI>true</customUpdateUI>
    
    
    
    
        
        
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
        
    
    
    
        
        
    
</application>

Hot keys as Access keys

hi ,
i want to give HOT KEYS as the access key attribute for my adf faces core components. for example, i have a af:input text field,.
i want to keep access key for it as HOT KEY(F1 or any hot key upto F12)..
is it possible to keep hot keys as access key for components?

Hi,
no, but you can set combnations of alt+char. This can be set directly in the component properties. If you want to use hot keys then you would need to write JavaScript on the client to intercept the key and do whatever you want it to do. Note that dependent of the browser you use some keys are reserved by the browser and not available for the application.
Frank

AIR Applications fail to install (Acer Aspire One, Linux)

I've successfully installed the latest version of AIR for Linux on my Aspire One, although it took a few attempts.
I am, however, not succeeding in installing any apps.
1. My system believes that .air files are actually ZIP files and offers to unpack them: there seems to be nothing I can point them at to be opened by AIR itself.AIR does not appear in any menus, app lists etc
2. If I go to a site that offers a "badge" install, the install system correctly recognises that AIR 1.5 is installed (checked box in the installer) and doesn't try to install it again. However, the apps do not install successfully - all fail with an Error #2004 and ask me to try again, which always fails.
I can't seem to find any information whatsoever on this anywhere and I'm a bit surprised. It is surely not impossible to achieve, and I equally don't believe nobody else has had any trouble.
Suggestions anyone?
Thanks!
--Richard E

Right! "rpmbuild" was the answer to installing AIR successfully on this machine.
Assuming that you have somewhat unlocked the machine as described in http://macles.blogspot.com/ and elsewhere, this simplest way of getting rpmbuild installed is to open a terminal and, as root, do "yum install rpm-build" - note the hyphen in the package name. If you aren't subscribed to a suitable repository, you can find it pretty easily with a Google for "fedora8 rpm-build".
With rpm-build in place, AIR installed successfully using "./AdobeAIRInstaller.bin".
".air" applications are now correctly identified as belonging to AIR and badge installs also work.
My intention in doing all this was to get a suitable Twitter etc app running on the machine, so I first tried the current version of Seesmic Desktop. It opened normally and allowed me to enter account details… and lo! it downloaded tweets! Unfortunately I never managed to get it to do that again. A bunch of small authorisation windows opened up, one for each installed account, requiring confirmation of password, and I couldn't enter anything in the field with the main window open. Minimising the main window I could now enter passwords, and OK dismissed the window, but it didn't seem to do any good. I have not seen a tweet since and all the panels in the main window are empty. A pity.
My other favourite Twitter app is Tweetdeck - in fact I think it's superior to Seesmic Desktop if you just run a single Twitter account. Here the main window opens somewhat off-screen and blank (black) with control buttons at the top. Unfortunately although the buttons reveal their tooltips on mouseover, you can't actually access any of them, notably the account setup button. Thus the app is not usable.
Third attempt was Twhirl, also from Seesmic (http://www.twhirl.org/). The version I had previously downloaded, 0.8.6, opened an account setup window but when you entered a password it just sat there. Luckily behind it was a window offering an update. Updating the package installed 0.9.2. This time the account window allowed the entering of an account name and password and duly displayed a window of tweets! And I was also able to write and send tweets successfully. Success! You can enter details for multiple accounts, and each has its own resizable window that contains messages pertaining to the account. Not as useful for me as Tweetdeck or Seesmic Desktop, but entirely usable (Desktop is actually a bit big for this machine's display anyway). However closing and reopening Twhirl I discovered that the application is not remembering passwords even when you tell it to - though it does remember the account names. Although I would like a fully-functioning app (and preferably one or both of the other two) this will do for the time being.
I notice that issues regarding passwords and authorisation are the common factors in these misbehaviours: if anyone can shed any light on this, please let me know.
Thanks to GauravKhurana for the key to solving this issue and the support in discovering it.
--Richard E

Commenting functionality not available when I open a pdf in air application

commenting functionality not available when I open a pdf in
air application. Adobe documentation says that is expected with
adobe air 1.0 but I still have the same problem even if I use the
latest air runtime

Back up all data.
In the Finder, select Go ▹ Go to Folder from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-G. Copy the line of text below into the box that opens, and press return:
/Library/Internet Plug-ins
From the folder that opens, remove any items that have the letters “PDF” in the name. You may be prompted for your login password. Then quit and relaunch Safari, and test.
I've seen an unconfirmed report that the "Silverlight" web plugin distributed by Microsoft can also interfere with PDF display in Safari, so you might need to remove it as well, if applicable.
If you still have the issue, repeat with this line:
~/Library/Internet Plug-ins
If you don’t like the results of this procedure, restore the items from the backup you made before you started. Relaunch Safari again.

Hot keys in AIR application

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for