yeah, I know, it's me again ;-)
I'd like to point out, that it is exactly a tribute to how great and useful TextMate is (for me) that all I'm requesting are such tiny little nitpicky features, so I hope I don't come across as unappreciative!
anyway: I'd really like to have a quick, no-brains-involved method to toggle between the textfield and the project drawer via the keyboard - I do it a million times a day and I don't want to use the mouse for it (RSI, anyone?)
currently i can use ctrl-tab to tab *out* of the text area (great!)
further ctrl-tabs cycle through the action widgets at the bottom until it finally drops me off in the text area again.
while i can use shift-tab to get back immediately, this isn't very economical IMHO to move back and forth quickly.
so, my proposition: ctrl-tab to toggle between textarea and project drawer, shift-tab to cycle forward through textarea, projectdrawer and widgets, and ctrl-shift-tab to cycle backwards
or any other alternative that allows me to toggle with one key-combo ;-)
best regards,
tom
-- Tom Lazar http://tomster.org
On Apr 28, 2005, at 18:35, Tom Lazar wrote:
anyway: I'd really like to have a quick, no-brains-involved method to toggle between the textfield and the project drawer via the keyboard - I do it a million times a day and I don't want to use the mouse for it (RSI, anyone?)
You are aware of the file chooser from the navigation menu, right?
while i can use shift-tab to get back immediately, this isn't very economical IMHO to move back and forth quickly.
so, my proposition: ctrl-tab to toggle between textarea and project drawer, shift-tab to cycle forward through textarea, projectdrawer and widgets, and ctrl-shift-tab to cycle backwards
or any other alternative that allows me to toggle with one key-combo ;-)
If you don't use shift-tab to go backwards in snippet placeholders, open TextMate.app/Contents/Resources/KeyBindings.dict and uncomment this line: "\031" = "selectFollowingKeyView:";
Then you have shift-tab to go to project drawer, and shift-tab will take you back to text view again.
On Apr 28, 2005, at 6:53 PM, Allan Odgaard wrote:
You are aware of the file chooser from the navigation menu, right?
yes, I know... Command-T is your friend! I'm using it more and more, but sometimes it's more convenient for me to browse the structure of my project (using the cursor keys)...
If you don't use shift-tab to go backwards in snippet placeholders, open TextMate.app/Contents/Resources/KeyBindings.dict and uncomment this line: "\031" = "selectFollowingKeyView:";
ah, thanks for the tip. but I'll pass on this one: in case of doubt I'd rather stick to the custom keybindings and shortcuts.
perhaps there's an easy way to ignore the project drawer widgets? I'd rather give up accessing *those* via the keyboard (never do, anyway) and the ctrl-tab would do the toggeling without changing any other behaviour.
at any rate nothing to lose sleep over ;-)
tom
Then you have shift-tab to go to project drawer, and shift-tab will take you back to text view again.
Tom Lazar http://tomster.org
On Apr 28, 2005, at 19:46, Tom Lazar wrote:
If you don't use shift-tab to go backwards in snippet placeholders, open TextMate.app/Contents/Resources/KeyBindings.dict and uncomment this line: "\031" = "selectFollowingKeyView:";
ah, thanks for the tip. but I'll pass on this one: in case of doubt I'd rather stick to the custom keybindings and shortcuts.
You mean the _default_ key bindings and shortcuts? I wouldn't mind adding ctrl-shift-tab as a default key binding to go to the project drawer, but unfortunately I can't overload that key “just like that” (the OS is pretty frustrating when it comes to overloading keys).
perhaps there's an easy way to ignore the project drawer widgets? I'd rather give up accessing *those* via the keyboard (never do, anyway) and the ctrl-tab would do the toggeling without changing any other behaviour.
They are included because you have enabled full keyboard access (system prefs). You can remove them from the tab chain using Interface Builder.
As of such, I wouldn't mind removing them, as I wouldn't think anyone would actually tab to these gadgets and control them from the keyboard (and with the exception of some of the action menu items, they do all have key equivalents) -- but then again, I wouldn't think anyone would tab to the project drawer! ;)
On Apr 29, 2005, at 11:11 AM, Allan Odgaard wrote:
but then again, I wouldn't think anyone would tab to the project drawer! ;)
perhaps, then, you don't realize how practical the project drawer *is* (even for keyboard junkies like myself) ;-)
my use pattern is this:
- I work in a file and realize I need to open another one, because it's related to the one I'm working on (not really esoteric here, so far...) - if the document is open already, I use the command-alt-arrow combo to open the tab - if not, I either hit Command-t and get what I need - or I hit ctrl-tab, use the up, down and right arrows to navigate to the file I need and hit return: now, it's open in the text area -
obviously, the next thing i want to do is work with the file, now I have to press shift-ctrl (not the most ergonmic key-combo under the sun)
so, perhaps an easier and more elegant solution would be to return the focus to the text area after hitting return in project drawer... if I want to stay in the drawer, I just hit ctrl-tab again to return and continue.
the project drawer beats command-t hands down in cases where files are grouped in one folder but have lots of different names - plus, if that folder is already expanded, I *see* the file and just want to reach it - without the mouse.
should I start to worry that I've begun to obsess about such little workflow related things? is this a known medical condition? *g*
best regards,
tom -- Tom Lazar, http://tomster.org
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