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Keyboard shortcut oddity

Like everyone I suppose, I have a preferred sorting order (which fb2k remembers) accessed by clicking on Edit -> Sort -> Sort by...

I sometimes will click on a column heading to sort differently, and to save myself some time I assigned Alt-S to that sequence. Strange thing is, it will not work. I mean, the dialog box appears properly as if I had clicked on Edit -> Sort -> Sort by..., and it shows my preferred Sort order, but pressing Enter or clicking OK does not actually re-sort the list. Making it "Global" has no effect.

As this is my first foray into keyboard shortcuts, am I missing something? As a test, I assigned Alt-C to "Check for Updates", and it works fine.

Thanks,

- Mark

Keyboard shortcut oddity

Reply #1
You probably highlighted nothing in your playlist, therefore the sorting is applied on nothing. Try selecting some items first or use Ctrl + A to highlight all before issuing the command.

Keyboard shortcut oddity

Reply #2
you shouldn't need to highlight all items but making sure the playlist has focus is important.

also, i'd suggest defining your own custom sort pattern under file>preferences>advanced>display>standard sort patterns. here you can add your own pattern. note it must be separated from the previous entry with a ;

Code: [Select]
name=%blah blah%;


now this command will appear on your sort menu and you can bind a shortcut directly to it, bypassing the need to spawn that dialog and clicking ok.

Keyboard shortcut oddity

Reply #3
I had already tried making sure the playlist had focus, because I know the Sort option is greyed-out otherwise...

I did not know about the option for defining Custom Sort Orders, I'm embarrassed to say, so thanks for that - great to know! But I still can't trigger it with a hotkey...am I crazy? I tried assigning other menu options to the same key combination, and they work fine - but nothing under the "Sort" command, even the pre-defined ones, will trigger.

Thanks very much.

Keyboard shortcut oddity

Reply #4
i'll just be one of this annoying people that says "it works for me...."

are you sure it's bound to the main sort menu and not the selection>sort menu?

Keyboard shortcut oddity

Reply #5
i'll just be one of this annoying people that says "it works for me...."

I hate when that happens!

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are you sure it's bound to the main sort menu and not the selection>sort menu?

Yes...I am really puzzled about this. I thought maybe it was something to do with Windows 8, but I pulled out my old XP machine,and I see the same behavior. I can't imagine what I am doing wrong, as I have no trouble assigning keys to any other functions.

Maybe one of my components is interfering with it somehow? I'm going to try removing them one-by-one (although I only have a few installed).

Thanks for trying to help, it is appreciated.

- Mark

Keyboard shortcut oddity

Reply #6
are you sure it's bound to the main sort menu and not the selection>sort menu?

omg I am such an idiot -  - that was it. I didn't see it at first because I didn't even know you could do that and didn't fully understand what you were saying - when I clicked up on the menu itself, it wasn't an option because, duh, I only had one item highlighted in the playlist.

So all is well now, thanks very much, I'll go sit in the corner now.

- Mark