Re: Space Bar as Macro Hotkey

Posted by Wayne Rasband on Mar 08, 2006; 10:57pm
URL: http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/Space-Bar-as-Macro-Hotkey-tp3703472p3703473.html

> Does anyone know of a way to use the space bar as a hot key
> for a macro. For instance, I currently have it set so that
> hitting 'a' marks a location on the image.  Is there a way
> that I could achieve the same effect by hitting 'space bar'?
>  If there is not, does anyone know how I can go about adding
> this as a feature request?  Thank you.

There is a potential conflict with using the space bar for macro
keyboard shortcuts. It is used as a shortcut for selecting the 'hand'
(scrolling) tool. Have you considered using the "0" key on the numeric
keypad? More information about macro keyboard shortcuts can be found at

     http://rsb.info.nih.gov/ij/developer/macro/macros.html#shortcuts

-wayne

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