Quick question: What keyboard shortcut to jump back and forth between list and Tags pane

[daniel347x]

Thanks for a simple question - I cannot discern among the hundreds of keyboard shortcuts which to use.

I frequently jump back and forth between the main list (with a single file highlighted) and the Tags pane (with the "Tags" edit box active) for rapid tagging of one file after another.

Are there keyboard shortcuts available to switch back to the main list pane - and from the main list pane back to the Tags pane?

Thanks!

[highend]

Mh, sendkeys doesn't seem to work in this case (by sending multiple {Tab}s) so I guess the only (crude) way is to write
an AHK script, that does the necessary switching...

[jupe]

Why don't you just add a keyboard shortcut to one of the tag commands, like

Favorites | Tags | Edit Tags...

or something similar

[bdeshi]

I frequently jump back and forth between the main list ... and the Tags pane (with the "Tags" edit box active)

You know, it just might be possible to do exactly what you wanted. for a start, this hack will focus the info pane's tag input box.

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if <selitem> { #260; #1025; wait 1; sendkeys "{Tab 3}" };

Now you just have to write up a custom user script to toggle the tagbar properly, and assign it to a shortcut.

[bdeshi]

Well. It works!

Open "Main Menu > User > Manage Commands..." . Click on "Run Script" in the left sidebar, then press the INSERT key on your keyboard.
Now paste this in the "Script:" box:

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wait 250; if get('#665') { #665; focus 'L'; } elseif <selitem> { focus 'L'; #260; #1025; wait 1; sendkeys "{Tab 3}" };

And Paste whatever you want into "Caption:". Say, "Toggle Tag Pane with Tag input focused".

Then click "Assign Keyboard Shortcut...", and select a suitable shortcut. Make sure the "On KeyUp" option to the right of the button is unchecked.

Okay! Now select something and press the assigned shortcut and see how it goes! (This was fun! )

One more thing: you have to be fast with the shortcut. Press it and release all button ASAP. Increase the value of wait 250 in the script to test.