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Accessibility

Most of FlowframTk's mouse functions can be emulated using the keyboard, however note that some systems do not allow applications to move the pointer, so keyboard functions that move the pointer are not guaranteed to work on every system. Keyboard accelerators and their menu mnemonic equivalents are listed in Table 2.1. These accelerators may be changed using the Accelerators Tab in the Configure User Interface window. In addition, there are also keyboard accelerators for the JavaHelp system. These are listed in Table 2.2 but are not configurable as far as I know. F10 switches the focus to the menu bar. The Enter key will usually be equivalent to the Okay button except when the focus is with a component that interprets Enter for some other purpose (such as a drop-down list), in which case you need to use Shift-Enter.

Within editable text fields, you can use Ctrl-A to select all the text, or Shift followed by the left or right arrow key to select a portion of the text. If some of the text has been selected, you can use Ctrl-C or Ctrl-X to copy or cut the text onto the clipboard, and you can use Ctrl-V to paste text from the clipboard into the text field.

Note that a few of the accelerators used by JpgfDraw have been changed in FlowframTk, as they caused a conflict. For example, Escape cancels a displayed menu, so if you use it to dismiss a menu while you had a path under construction, the entire path could be discarded, which is undesirable. Therefore the abandon path accelerator is now Shift-Escape. The F1 key is now only for the main manual help button. The help buttons in dialog windows and the preamble editor are activated with Shift-F1 and the help button is the status bar is activated with Ctrl-F1 (otherwise the main help button, preamble editor help button and status bar help button would conflict).

**Table 2.1:** Keyboard Accelerators and Menu Mnemonics
Accelerator	Function	Mnemonic
`Enter`	Finish current path/text area or	`Alt-O F`
	Select Okay or Close button in dialog boxes
`Shift-Enter`	Select Okay button in dialog boxes
`Shift-Escape`	Abandon current path	`Alt-O A`
`Escape`	Select Cancel button in dialog boxes or close displayed menu
`Delete`	Delete selected control point	`F3` `Alt-D`
`Backspace`	Delete last segment (path construction mode)
`Insert`	Add control point or	`F3` `Alt-A`
	Display symbol dialog box	`F3` `Alt-I`
`Tab`	Move focus to next focusable component
`Space`	Select component with current focus
`PageUp`	Scroll up by one screen full
`PageDown`	Scroll down by one screen full
`Ctrl-PageDown`	If in a tabbed pane:
	Move to the next tab
	Otherwise:
	Scroll right by one screen full
`Ctrl-PageUp`	If in a tabbed pane:
	Move to the previous tab
	Otherwise:
	Scroll left by one screen full
Arrow Keys	If left mouse button pressed:
	^†move mouse by one pixel in given direction
	Otherwise:
	scroll by one tick mark in given direction
`Home`	Scroll to the top of the canvas
`End`	Scroll to the bottom of the canvas
`Ctrl-Home`	Scroll leftmost
`Ctrl-End`	Scroll rightmost
`F1`	Display Handbook	`Alt-H H`
`F2`	Show/hide grid	`Alt-S G S`
`F3`	Show canvas popup menu (if available for current mode)
`F4`	Emulate primary-click in construction mode
`F5`	^†Go to coordinate	`Alt-N G`
`F6`	Select mode:
	deselect the back-most selected object, and select next object in the stack	`Alt-N K`
	Edit mode:
	select next control point	`F3` `Alt-N`
`F7`	Select mode:
	Move selected objects	`Alt-E M`
	Edit mode:
	Move selected control point	`F3` `Alt-R`
`F8`	Undo	`Alt-E U`
`F9`	Redo	`Alt-E R`
`F10`	Switch focus to menu bar
`F11`	Repaint canvas
`Ctrl-F1`	Display current tool help (status bar help button)
`Ctrl-F11`	Saves all images to configuration directory
`Shift-F1`	Display subject help (help buttons in dialog windows or preamble editor)
`Shift-F2`	Lock/unlock grid	`Alt-S G L`
`Shift-F5`	Select next object in the stack (from the front), and deselect all others	`Alt-N S`
`Shift-F6`	Select mode:
	Add next object in the stack (from the front) to selection	`Alt-N A`
	Edit mode:
	select previous control point	`F3` `Alt-V`
`Shift-F7`	^†Find selected objects	`Alt-N F`
`Shift-F11`	Displays debugging information
`Ctrl+Shift-F11`	Writes log file in the configuration directory
`Alt-F4`	Quit	`Alt-F Q`
`Ctrl-A`	Select all objects	`Alt-E A`
`Ctrl-B`	Move selected objects to the back	`Alt-E B`
`Ctrl-C`	Copy selected objects to clipboard	`Alt-E C`
`Ctrl-D`	Convert outline to a path	`Alt-T C`
`Ctrl-E`	Switch to ellipse tool	`Alt-O E`
`Ctrl-F`	Select mode:
	Move selected objects to the front	`Alt-E F`
	TeX editor:
	Find text	`Alt-S F`
`Ctrl-G`	Select mode:
	Group selected objects	`Alt-T G`
	TeX editor:
	Find again	`Alt-S A`
`Ctrl-H`	Select mode:
	Shear selected objects	`Alt-T H`
	TeX editor:
	Find and Replace text	`Alt-S R`
`Ctrl-I`	Edit selected path	`Alt-E H E`
`Ctrl-J`	Merge selected paths	`Alt-T M`
`Ctrl-K`	Switch to open curve tool	`Alt-O C`
`Ctrl-L`	Switch to open line tool	`Alt-O L`
`Ctrl-M`	Gap function	`Alt-O G`
`Ctrl-N`	New canvas	`Alt-F N`
`Ctrl-O`	Open JDR or AJR file	`Alt-F O`
`Ctrl-P`	Switch to select tool	`Alt-O S`
`Ctrl-Q`	Quit	`Alt-F Q`
`Ctrl-R`	Switch to rectangle tool	`Alt-O R`
`Ctrl-S`	Save current image	`Alt-F S`
`Ctrl-T`	Switch to text tool	`Alt-O T`
`Ctrl-U`	Ungroup selected groups	`Alt-T U`
`Ctrl-V`	Paste objects from clipboard	`Alt-E P`
`Ctrl-W`	Rotate selected objects	`Alt-T R`
`Ctrl-X`	Cut selected objects	`Alt-E T`
`Ctrl-Y`	Edit the selected paths' line styles	`Alt-E H S A`
`Ctrl-Z`	Scale selected objects	`Alt-T S`
`Ctrl+Shift-A`	Deselect all	`Alt-E D`
`Ctrl+Shift-B`	Move selected object down the stack	`Alt-E W`
`Ctrl+Shift-F`	Move selected object up the stack	`Alt-E V`
`Ctrl+Shift-I`	Edit selected text	`Alt-E X E`
`Ctrl+Shift-K`	Switch to closed curve tool	`Alt-O U`
`Ctrl+Shift-L`	Switch to closed line tool	`Alt-O I`
`Ctrl+Shift-T`	Switch to maths mode tool	`Alt-O M`
`Alt-1`...`Alt-8`	Linear gradient paint direction selectors
`Alt-1`...`Alt-9`	Radial gradient paint start location selectors

^†Functions that move the pointer

**Table 2.2:** JavaHelp Viewer Shortcut Keys
Key	Function
`Ctrl-F1`	Displays alternative text for the toolbar button that currently has the focus.
`F6`	Moves the focus between the navigation pane and content pane.
`Tab`	Traverses through the viewer.
`Shift-Tab`	Traverses backwards through the viewer.
`Space`	Activates the toolbar button with the current focus.
`Ctrl-Space`	Follows a link in the content pane.
`F8`	Selects the splitter bar between the navigator pane and the content pane.
Left/Right Arrow	If the splitter bar is selected: Moves the splitter bar to the left/right If in the navigator pane: Moves to another navigator tab If in the viewer's toolbar: Moves the focus to the next toolbar button If in the content pane: Moves one character to the left/right.
Up/Down Arrow	If the splitter bar is selected: Moves the splitter bar to the left/right If in the navigator pane: Selects the previous/next item in the list If in the content pane: Moves the focus to the previous/next line.
`Home`	Selects the first item in the navigator list.
`End`	Selects the last item in the navigator list.
`Ctrl-Home`	Selects the first line in the content pane.
`Ctrl-End`	Selects the last line in the content pane.
`Ctrl-T`	Shifts focus to the next link in the content pane.
`Ctrl+Shift-T`	Shifts the focus to the previous link in the content pane.