How do I change the single keys to select items in the pulldown menus please
e.g. Calc Sheet <key_for_delete_rows>
Mike Bray
With a spreadsheet open: Tools → Customize…, tab Keyboard (Calc is selected, not LibreOffice):
- in the Shortcut Keys list press the currently assigned shortcut to see what the function is called
- in the Functions edit field start typing that name until the function is displayed in the Functions list
- select it
- in the Shortcut Keys list again press the desired key combination
- then click Modify (or Alt+M).
There are then two shortcuts for the same function assigned. To remove the previous, either select it in Keys, or press it in the Shortcut Keys list, then click Delete (or Alt+D).
Your example Sheet → Delete Rows (in the English UI) has no shortcut assigned, so start by guessing in the Functions edit field and typing delete rows (or just rows as incidentally the Delete Rows function is the first hit). Things may vary for a localized UI. Then proceed with 3.
See also Keyboard online help.
Thank you for this. Yes the splendid shortcut key system in libreoffice.
But, this was not the question I was trying to ask.
So I could make maybe 6 ShortCut keys for my frequent commands, and have a paper cribsheet to remember them.
In LibOff 7.0.4 I can: Alt-S W <delete_rows> This is sort of a semi confirmatory screen of what I am doing.
If I use a Shortcut_Key then it and easy to make a mistake.
In LibOff 7.4.5 I then: Alt-S does not have unique second keys for the functions
I was wanting to change the second key functions in the pulldown
How can I do this please ?
Thanks in anticipation
Ah you mean mnemonics … These can be assigned automatically by the toolkit in use if not predefined. Which for Delete Rows it doesn’t seem to be. And may lead to non-unique assignments, so one has to type the letter more than once to jump to the relevant menu entry.
See my new solution then…
You can configure labels including mnemonics in the expert configuration. Go to Tools → Options → LibreOffice → Advanced, Open Expert Configuration; in the Search field enter .uno:DeleteRows and hit Enter. From the presented values select org.openoffice.UI.CalcCommands → UserInterface → Commands, the one with Property Label of Type string reading “Delete Rows”, double click or Enter, edit the value to your liking, for example Delete R~ows, where the ~ tilde character denotes the following mnemonic, here o. Then hit OK, OK, OK. Restart LibreOffice to have it reread the new configuration. The item is inserted in your LibreOffice user profile’s user/registrymodifications.xcu file.