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We use it all time, on and off, and it would sabe a lot of mouse dragging and clicking if we had a menu shortcut.
Menu shortcut for Script Debugger and Data Viewer
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We use it all time, on and off, and it would sabe a lot of mouse dragging and clicking if we had a menu shortcut.
To save myself a lot of time, I've saved the following shell command to automatically set all of my shortcut keys when needed. I just launch Terminal, paste and hit Return. Incidentally, it also works for FM 11, 12, and 13, as long as the text of the menu item is the same; just replace FileMaker Pro 14 Advanced with the version you're setting.
defaults write -app '/FileMaker Pro 14 Advanced/FileMaker Pro Advanced' NSUserKeyEquivalents '{
"Conditional Formatting" = "@^c";
"Tab Control Setup..." = "^ ";
"Smallest Height" = "$@~^\U2193";
"Smallest Width" = "@~^\U2190";
Rotate = "@~r";
"File..." = "^i";
Bottom = "@$\U2193";
"Save a Copy As..." = "^s";
"Custom Menus..." = "@$m";
"Developer Utilities..." = "\Uf706";
"View as Form" = "@^1";
"Button Setup" = "@$~b";
"Button Setup..." = "@$~b";
"Popover Button Setup" = "@$~b";
"Button Bar Setup" = "@$~b";
"Zoom In" = "@=";
"Part..." = "@^p";
"Layouts..." = "@$~l";
"Popover Setup" = "^ ";
Center = "@\\";
"Part Setup..." = "@$~p";
Middles = "@^]";
"Delete Found Records..." = "@~e";
"Quick Find" = "@^q";
"Slide Control Setup" = "^ ";
"Field..." = "^f";
"Sample Data" = "@^s";
"View as Table" = "@^3";
"Database Design Report..." = "\Uf707";
Centers = "@^[";
"Other..." = "@^i";
"Text Boundaries" = "@^t";
"External Data Sources..." = "@$e";
"Containers..." = "@$^c";
"Themes..." = "@$t";
"Zoom Out" = "@-";
"Scripts..." = "@$s";
"Right Edges" = "@~\U2192";
"New Window" = "^w";
"Web Viewer Setup..." = "^ ";
"Largest Width" = "@~^\U2192";
"Top Edges" = "@~\U2191";
"Folder..." = "~^f";
"Set Rulers..." = "^r";
"Portal Setup..." = "^ ";
"Picture..." = "^p";
"Value Lists..." = "@$v";
"Other Color..." = "\Uf704";
"Conditional..." = "@$~c";
"Format Painter" = "@~c";
"Status Toolbar" = "@~s";
"Data Viewer" = "^d";
"Set Tab Order..." = "~^o";
"Chart Setup..." = "^ ";
"Largest Height" = "@~^\U2193";
"Bottom Edges" = "@~\U2193";
"File Options..." = "^o";
"Delete All Records..." = "@~e";
"Security..." = "@$a";
"Custom Functions..." = "@$c";
"View as List" = "@^2";
"Layout Setup..." = "@$l";
"Set Script Triggers..." = "@$~s";
Top = "@$\U2191";
"Left Edges" = "@~\U2190";
"Formatting Bar" = "@$~f";
"Script Debugger" = "^b";
"Export Records..." = "^x";
"Display Popover" = "^ ";
Buttons = "@^b";
"[Standard FileMaker Menus]" = "@\U238b";
"Other Symbol..." = "~s";
}'
I have used these shortcuts for the past couple of months and they have been so immensely helpful. The only one I've had an issue working with is "Delete found records," but otherwise, this is a phenomenal set of shortcuts. Thank you for posting it in an easy-to-install way.
Thanks. You know, I forgot to give credit for the shortcuts themselves to the immensely generous and helpful Matt Petrowsky. (I might have made a few changes from his defaults; I can't really remember). Anyway, Matt has a shortcut management tool built in FileMaker at http://www.filemakermagazine.com. Unfortunately -- for whatever reason -- even though it uses the same technique of writing to the FileMaker Preferences plist file, I find that this terminal command is a little more reliable and easier to set up and run.
Anyway, sorry, Matt.
I fully agree. Until it's there you can add you're own shortcuts (Mac) in system prefs>keyboard>app shortcuts.