Alt+B to focus on catalog also activates Tabset menu

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aliteralmind
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Alt+B to focus on catalog also activates Tabset menu

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The catalog is never focused on.

Happens in :: fresh, too (after assigning that key command, opening the catalog and creating a category).
Windows 8.1, 64-bit

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Re: Alt+B to focus on catalog also activates Tabset menu

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Each main menu item has a default ALT shortcut key attached to them.
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Alt+F : File menu
Alt+E : Edit menu
Alt+V : View menu
Alt+G : Go menu
Alt+A : Favorites menu
Alt+U : User menu
Alt+S : Scripting menu
Alt+T : Tools menu
Alt+P : Panes menu
Alt+B : Tabsets menu
Alt+W : Window menu
Alt+H : Help menu

It's a standard windows feature, in fact other OSes do it too.
In standard windows desktop apps, each main menubar item has a underlined character. Alt+Character will trigger that menu.
The underlining is hidden by default. But you can change a system config to change that.

in Windows 7 start menu searchbar (or Control Panel searchbox) , type "keyboard work" (no quotes), pick "Change how your keyboard works",
in the opened ctrl panel window, check "Underline keyboard shortcuts and accesskeys".

The process is the same in Windows 8; the captions may be different, but the option is in ease of use/assistance -> keyboard related section.

back to XY: if you toggle off the menubar (find it in Help->List all cmds, or it's ::#1061;) then you can assign those shortcuts to other functions without mainmenu triggers interfering...
(I have assigned those keys to "doppelganger" user scripts, so when the menubar is hidden ALT+F will trigger ::popupmainmenu file; and so on.)
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aliteralmind
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Re: Alt+B to focus on catalog also activates Tabset menu

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Okay. Just something to learn then.
Windows 8.1, 64-bit

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