Shortcut for a Script

How do you create a shortcut for a script? I'm not referring to a keyboard shortcut.

Hi John,
I am referring to the physical location of the script.
Here are some explanations of the shortcut:
1. (From Dave Saunders)
Consider Using Aliased Sub-folders
Having scripts located physically inside the application folder can be somewhat inconvenient, particularly if you are a scripter, working on the scripts themselves, rather than just using them as tools. But even script users might be frustrated if they forget that the scripts are there and for some reason re-install InDesign, obliterating the Scripts folder in the process.
While you could use an alias of the whole Scripts folder to work around this issue, I have found it better to work with aliased sub-folders. This allows me to keep my scripts in folders inside my Documents folder, while for some projects, I have a Scripts folder associated with the project itself for custom scripts that apply to just that project.
2. (From page 4 of the InDesign CS3 Scripting Tutorial)
You also can put aliases/shortcuts to scripts (or to folders containing scripts) in the Scripts Panel folder, and they will appear in the Scripts panel.
3. Save the script as a text file with the file extension ".js" and put itor an alias/shortcut to itin the Scripts folder in the Presets folder inside your InDesign folder. Run the script from the Scripts palette.

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As it sounds like you have already discovered, you should be able to define an Action with but one InsertMenuCommand step in it. That menu command would be the selection of your script from the File Menu.
However, that functionality has been broken for four full versions now. The Menu Command step goes vacant after quitting and re-launching Illustrator.
I keep an Action in my Actions palette titled CurrentScript. I can at least, at the beginning of a work session in which I know I will need to call a particular script repeatedly, re-do the Insert Menu Item step and have it survive during the work session. (It will, of course, be gone if I quit & relauch.)
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Shortcut for Scripts... Menu Bar Item

Is it possible to add a shortcut to the Scripts... menu item in Photoshop CC 2014?
I have not been able to figure this out.
OSX10.9

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Use Shell Script to create a keyboard shortcut for a installed Service

I'm not even sure if this is possible, but I hope someone out there has an answer!
I have an automator Application that I'm using to install a service to my Mac(will be deploying this to hundreds more). Id like to have this Application contain a Shell script that sets up a keyboard shortcut for the service after it is installed.
Anyone know how to do that?

You need automator to create services, as detailed in http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2241804 a four-parter by Sal Saghoian on *Automation in Snow Leopard*
This, describes old and new automator—services stuff:
http://www.reynoldsftw.com/2009/08/automator-and-finder-interactions-in-os-x-10- 6/
Alternatively, just save the script
*+tell application "Firefox" to activate+*
as an app, put it on the Dock, and click it to activate it. However, seems simpler just to put the FF icon on the Dock and a single click launches it. Why would you want a service or AS to do the same thing?

Keyboard shortcuts for scripts

In CS4, is there a way to assign a keyboard shortcut to a script?

As far as I know the best you can do is to include it in quick apply. You must enable scripts in that list, I'd advise disabling menu commands also to make the searches easier. CMD/CTL + Return invokes the menu. You can type and find what you need, hit return to run the script. If you've recently run the script you can just hit CMD/CTL + Return, Return to rerun it.

How can I set up a custom keyboard shortcut for volume control?

Hi all,
I use my black MacBook at work, connected to an external monitor and external keyboard. I'm looking for a way to set up the F buttons on my external keyboard as volume control, just as they do on my laptop keyboard. Looking for F3 to F5 to be volume mute, down, and up, respectively.
I tried going into Keyboard Shortcuts in System Preferences but since there is no menu item for volume control I can't seem to add it. Anyone know how I can go about doing this or what I'm missing?
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Mike

paste the following into Applescrpt Editor (it's in /Applications/Utilities)
<pre style="
font-family: Monaco, 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;
font-size: 10px;
margin: 0px;
padding: 5px;
border: 1px solid #000000;
width: 720px;
color: #000000;
background-color: #ADD8E6;
overflow: auto;"
title="this text can be pasted into the Script Editor">
set curVolume to output volume of (get volume settings)
-- work out the new setting
if curVolume < 96 then
set newVolume to curVolume + 5
else
-- can't go over 100
set newVolume to 100
end if
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You can use a 3rd part app launcher to bind a keyboard shortcut to it. I use Butler. there are many others: Quicksilver, ikeys, quickeys, Spark, Launchbar.
this will work the fastest.
If you don't want to use 3rd party tools for this you can make a service using automator but that might be a bit slower than the first option. open automator. it will give you a pulldown screen wiuth the choice of what you want to make. choose "service". set it to receive no input and be available in all applications. add the following "run apple script" action to the service
<pre style="
font-family: Monaco, 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;
font-size: 10px;
margin: 0px;
padding: 5px;
border: 1px solid #000000;
width: 720px;
color: #000000;
background-color: #ADD8E6;
overflow: auto;"
title="this text can be pasted into the Script Editor">
on run {input, parameters}
set curVolume to output volume of (get volume settings)
-- work out the new setting
if curVolume < 96 then
set newVolume to curVolume + 5
else
-- can't go over 100
set newVolume to 100
end if
-- and apply it
set volume output volume newVolume
end run</pre>
save the service, go to keyboard system preferences->keyboard shortcuts->services and make a shortcut for the service you just created.

How do I generate a list of keyboard shortcuts for any given application

I want to generate a list of keyboard shortcuts for all of the applications I have on my Mac. I want the list to be a simple text (or rtf) file that I can edit and organize. (By edit, I don't mean change the shortcuts, only the report of them.)
I was using Key Cue, but it does not let me save the list to a text file.
I want this for several purposes. One is to have a easy to reference list of shortcuts to learn. Another is to find unused key combinations that I can use for my own keyboard shortcuts that I create with DefaultKeyBinding.dict.
Note: The program doesn't have to an OS X app. A program that runs from a shell without a GUI is plenty adequate.
If there is a way to read the keyboard commands from a plist list or other such file, and any of you know the format for these or where I can find them, I can write a Perl script myself to do it.

Well, the info is stored in...
/Users/YourUserName/Library/Preferences/com.apple.universalaccess.plist
PlistPro has a way to convert it to ASCII, but you'll srtill have work to do, as...
{enabled = 1; key = 20; modifier = 1179648; sybmolichotkey = 28; },
{enabled = 1; key = 20; modifier = 1441792; sybmolichotkey = 29; },
{enabled = 1; key = 21; modifier = 1179648; sybmolichotkey = 30; },
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{enabled = 0; key = 28; modifier = 1572864; sybmolichotkey = 15; },
{enabled = 0; key = 27; modifier = 1572864; sybmolichotkey = 19; },
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{enabled = 1; key = 2; modifier = 1310720; sybmolichotkey = 70; },
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{enabled = 1; key = 49; modifier = 1572864; sybmolichotkey = 65; },
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How to create a shortcut for all users in Win 7 and Win 8?

Hi,
I'll trying to make a script that will create a shortcut in every user profile account in a computer. I stumble upon the script below from
http://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/scriptcenter/Create-shortcut-in-your-11cfd3de/view/Discussions#content.
Option Explicit
On Error Resume Next
Dim objShell
Dim objDesktop
Dim objLink
Dim strAppPath
Dim strWorkDir
Dim strIconPath
strWorkDir ="C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office15"
strAppPath = "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office15\ORGCHART.EXE" 'you have to use your URL to Interanet site or path to specific program
'strIconPath = "\\server\Xyz.ico" 'specify the path to the icon please change to your valid path
Set objShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
'objDesktop = objShell.SpecialFolders("Desktop")
Set objLink = objShell.CreateShortcut("C:\Users\%userprofile%\Desktop\Org_chart_test.lnk") 'change here To your shortcut name
objLink.Description = "this is a test" 'replaec with your description
'objLink.IconLocation = strIconPath
objLink.TargetPath = strAppPath
objLink.WindowStyle = 3
objLink.WorkingDirectory = strWorkDir
objLink.Save
I did some modifications to cater to my need. Now the question is, how can I make the script create a shortcut for every user profile from the script above?
Any inputs would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!

You could create the shortcut at one machine, then copy it to the target as part of the logon script. Note also that this line contains an error:
"C:\Users\%userprofile%\Desktop\Org_chart_test.lnk"
It should read:
"%userprofile%\Desktop\Org_chart_test.lnk"

Keyboard shortcuts for text selection not working in Flash CC

In the new Code Editor in Flash CC running on Mac OS X, most standard Keyboard Shortcuts for traversing through the text work as expected (as the Operating System works globally) but there is one that doesn't and it's I think the most important one.
Hitting "OPTION + SHIFT + [right or left arrow keys]" to select words doesn't work. Hitting "OPTION + [right or left arrow keys]" works as expected, moving the cursor to the next word or break point, but adding shift doesn't do the selection.
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There used to be a series of keyboard shortcuts for page manipulation (and other) - using acrobat 9 till recently. Now new to Acrobat XI Pro (Windows 8.1). I can see the shortcuts for insert & delete page but not for extract page (and other). Am I missing something? The keyboard shortcuts are a must for speed and a healthy right wrist.
Thank-you for your time.

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app.addMenuItem({cName: "MyExtractPages", cUser: "E&xtract Pages", cParent: "Edit",
cExec: "app.execMenuItem(\"ExtractPages\");", cEnable: "event.rc = (event.target!=null)"});
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CS6 will not save keyboard shortcut for dust & scratches filter

I am running Photoshop CS6 with all updates on a Windows 8 system. I have several keyboard shortcuts set up that all work fine but when I assign a keyboard shortcut for the dust & scratches filter it will work until I close Photoshop - when I then open Photoshop again this shortcut is gone but all my other shortcuts remain.
I have tried going back to the default keyboard shortcuts and then adding just the shortcut for dust & scratches (I have tried ctrl-F8 and several others) and then closing Photoshop and opening it again with the same results. I was able to add back all of my other shortcuts and they work fine.
For some reason I can assign a keyboard shortcut to anything except the dust & scratches filter.
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Thanks

I had a chance to try the script on a windows 8 machine running photoshop cs6 13.01 in both photoshop cs6 versions 32 and 64 bit and shortcuts seem to stay between restarts.
If in photoshop cs6 you go to File>Scripts you can see that the script is actually listed?
When i saved the script out of ExtendScript Toolkit i named it Dust and Scatches.jsx.
Did you run ExtendScript Toolkit as an administrator before saving the script?
(right click on the ExtendScript Toolkit shortcut (tile) and choose Run as Administrator)
Saved to:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CS6\Presets\Scripts
(cs6 32 bit)
and
C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CS6\Presets\Scripts
(cs6 64 bit)
Another possibilty if you can't get the script to work is using an action (Filter>Dust and Scratches) and assigning a function key for the shortcut.

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Is it possible to make a keyboard shortcut for a specific color for fonts?

I'm a novice InDesign user and these forums have been a great resource, so thank you for your time.
I'm doing a very complicated "text art" project and I'd like to be able to change text colors right from the keyboard.
In Word, one is able to make a keyboard shortcut (to an unused key combination) that would allow you to change text to white, for example and another combination to change it to black, etc.
I'd love to be able to do that in InDesign without having to mouse over to the color swatch or over to a paragraph style with the text color set.
Again, thank you in advance!

For anyone else who has this problem - I actually found out an easy workaround.
There's another forum that addresses the NumPad issue for MacBooks (http://forums.adobe.com/thread/324960) and I did a modified version for character styles v. paragraph styles per the final comment by Kaj-Ettore.
==
(1) Open text edit and copy the below script (for me it was changing the text to white):
try{app.selection[0].applyCharacterStyle
(app.documents[0].characterStyles.item(1),true)}catch(e){}
Watch the number '(1)' in brackets on the last line: This is the Style number according to the Styles listed in the 'Character Styles' Panel of InDesign (following "[None]").
Per my setup, "White" is 1 and "Black" is 2.
SEE SCREENSHOT:
Decrement the style you'd like to be applied via this script from the styles listed in the InDesign-applet 'paragraph styles'.
*Note - This Workaround only works for specific Documents – since InDesign links Styles with document templates.
(2) Save the Script to:
%InDesign_Install_Folder%\Scripts\Scripts Panel\Samples\JavaScript\Style(%nmb%).jsx
or name the file as you like. You'll have to assign a keyboard-shortcut to this and other files later, so it is wise to choose a common and memorable syntax for naming, e. g. numbers or style-names. (I used Style(White).jsx)
(3) Repeat this step for every style you'd like to be applicable via a keyboard shortcut...
This is my "Black" script:
try{app.selection[0].applyCharacterStyle
(app.documents[0].characterStyles.item(2),true)}catch(e){}
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Assign a Shortcut to the Script
(1) Open InDesign > Preferences > Keyboard Shortcuts > %YourSetOfShortcuts%
(2) Select 'Scripts'
(3) Choose the first script you've written, e. g. 'style(body).jsx'
(4) Create Shortcuts for Standard- and Text-Environment
(5) Repeat for any script you've written
(6) Done.
This worked perfectly for me and I can now use ONE keyboard shortcut (albeit 3 simultaneous keys) to change from black text to white text.

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Hello,
I am trying to create a keyboard shortcut that would be available to all Applications deliveres the same result as these keystrokes:
1. Control + F2 (move focus to menu bar)
2. F (moves focus to the File menu bar menu)
3. Enter or down arrow (Displays the File menu)
WHat I am looking to do is create the Windows equivalent of alt+F (displays the contents of the File menu)
I have created a System Preferences Keyboard Shortcut for All Applications that has "File" as the description and ^F has the Shortcut...this doesn't work. Is there a way to assign a shortcut to display the menu bar File menu in its open state?

ReidRik_Von
Here's one approach to try...
1) Open System Preferences > Universal Access and make sure "Enable access for assistive devices" is checked.
2) Highlight and copy the block of code below and paste it into your AppleScript Script Editor (located inside your Applications > AppleScript folder):
*tell application "System Events"*
*keystroke tab using command down*
*set theApp to name of (first process whose frontmost is true)*
*tell process theApp*
*click menu bar item "File" of menu bar 1*
*end tell*
*end tell*
Choose Save As from the Script Editor's File menu, File Format: application, leaving the Options unchecked. Give the script application a name (Display File Menu, e.g.), and press Save.
3) To assign a keyboard shortcut, you might consider downloading and installing the excellent Spark program.
From Spark's File menu, set up a New Hot Key to launch an Application, in this case the application being your newly created AppleScript application. When the new System HotKey sheet drops down, hit the Choose button and navigate to the location where your new AppleScript application was saved. Select it and press Open. Click inside the editable Shortcut field to make it active, and on your keyboard keystroke Option (alt), plus the letter "f." Then press Create.
Start the Spark Daemon by selecting it from the File menu, or by pressing the Stark Spark Daemon button on the Spark panel itself, and then quit Spark altogether. The Spark Daemon and your enabled keyboard shortcut will run as a hidden process, using a minimal amount of RAM.
It worked for me...
Good luck!
Regards, Andrew99

How to set a keyboard shortcut for open with VLC player

Hey everyone!
I have reffered the earlier discussion upon creating a shortcut for the open with function and the below is the correct answer for it by using applescript editor submitted by Barney. However, I couldn't get past the 1st paragraph. It all just went over my head. Especially the "open (thefilelist) " part. Which filelist is being referred to here? All I want is a shortcut for opening files with .avi, .mpeg, and .3gp exts. with VLC player. Please help me out by providing the exact stuff I need to paste in the applescript.
Thanks
Ok, this one works both on the finder selection and as a droplet:
property htmlList : {"htm", "html"}
property htmleditor : "TextWrangler"
property textList : {"txt", "text"}
property texteditor : "TextEdit"
--property myappextlist: {"ext1","ext2","ext3"}
-- property myappsname: "myAppName" on run
tell application "Finder"
set the fileList to the selection
repeat with aFile in fileList
set theFile to aFile as string
my myOpen(theFile)
end repeat
end tell
end run on open (thefileList)
repeat with i from 1 to number of items in thefileList
set this_item to item i of thefileList
my myOpen(this_item)
end repeat
end open on myOpen(aFileAlias)
set theItemInfo to info for (alias aFileAlias)
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tell application htmleditor
open aFileAlias
activate
end tell
end if
if theExtension is in textList then
tell application texteditor
open aFileAlias
activate
end tell
end if
-- if theExtension is in myappextlist then
-- tell application myAppName
-- open this_item
-- activate
-- end tell
-- end if
end if end myOpen

Luds.R wrote:
I have reffered the earlier discussion
I have the feeling of dropping in in the middle of the conversation.
Anyway, try this
--script begins
property myVLC : "/Applications/VLC/VLC.app"
property myTypes : {"avi", "mpeg", "mpg", "3gp"}
on run
          my vlcTest(myVLC)
          tell application "Finder" to set fileList to selection
          my vlcOpen(fileList)
end run
on open fileList
          my vlcTest(myVLC)
          my vlcOpen(fileList)
end open
on vlcTest(myVLC)
          try
POSIX file myVLC as alias
          on error
                    display dialog "Sorry, could not locate VLC. Please add the correct POSIX path to the script." buttons {"Cancel"} default button 1
          end try
end vlcTest
on vlcOpen(fileList)
          tell application "Finder"
                    repeat with i in fileList
                              if name extension of i is in myTypes then open i using (POSIX file myVLC)
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          end tell
end vlcOpen
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