Re: Assigning actions to arrow keys?

Posted by Wayne Rasband on
URL: http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/Assigning-actions-to-arrow-keys-tp3694382p3694383.html

On Nov 26, 2008, at 2:41 PM, Bill Mohler wrote:

> Are the keyboard arrows (up, down, right, left) or other keys easily
> assignable to macro-defined actions.  Can this be done without any
> plugin authoring?

You can't use the arrow keys but you can use the "8", "2", "6" and "4"
numeric keypad keys as macro shortcuts. Here is an example:

    macro "Up [n8]" {
       showStatus("up");
    }

    macro "Down [n2]" {
       showStatus("down");
    }

    macro "Right [n6]" {
       showStatus("right");
    }

    macro "Left [n4]" {
       showStatus("left");
    }

-wayne