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OpenBoard is a cross-platform interactive whiteboard application intended for use in a classroom setting.
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short cut fot "the hand", the movement tool #1112

Open JUANDI2004 opened 2 days ago

JUANDI2004 commented 2 days ago
hello! I am a new user on the aplication and I love it! I love how everything could do there with a tablet and a pen. But i had a problem which i consider could help a lot and I DON'T KNOW if it is in the aplication. I going to describe the problem with the format :D some thing to have into consideration: I don't know how to code, so i just could give you some references i used in the past. I don't know English very well, I apologize some misspell, grammar mistakes, and rude expresions :) **Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.** No. The sitation i want to add is that the tool of moving along the canvas "the hand" do not have a shortcut. That is hard because if i use a graphic table. usually i use drawing programs and the point is: with the drawing programs you could change and modify the shortcuts. that is super useful because you could do almost everything with the keyboard. In conclusion, as the program does not have the shortcut and you cannot change it, I have to move the arm every time I want to move a bit. **Describe the solution you'd like** I do not know anything about code or something related. the solution, in my consideration is to add a function to change the short cuts and to add short cuts for the most of the functions of the program. I consider that could improve a lot the work flow and the movility through the aplication. I think that putting the opiton of changing all the shortcut of the main tools should improve everything! I should recoment checking a drawing program to see how it works and if is useful, you should check "krita" which is an open source drawing program. **Describe alternatives you've considered** ._. **Additional context** Add any other context or screenshots about the feature request here. Thank you so much! i really hope my ideas help <3 Greetings from colombia <3
letsfindaway commented 2 days ago

Starting with OpenBoard 1.7.2 you will have the possibility to configure the shortcuts for actions in the OpenBoardUser.config file. This version is likely to be released next month.

You can then add something like this to the configuration file:

[Shortcut]
actionHand=Ctrl+#, 0, 0

The actionHand line defines Ctrl+# as keyboard shortcut. The , 0 , 0 must be present. It can be used to additionally assign extra mouse keys or buttons on a tablet pen to the action.

You might also assign a single key without Ctrl if you like.

Another interesting feature in this version: if you press and hold a shortcut, let me say Ctrl+# for the Hand tool, then this tool is active for as long as these keys are pressed. Once you release the keys, OpenBoard returns to the previously selected tool, e.g. the pen. I think this feature is quite useful for panning but also for the eraser tool.

But again: all this is only available starting with the next release.