Feature Request: Window Focusing

[Eyahlin]

Hi!

I use MyPhoneExplorer a lot, so I try to use it more productively by using only the keyboard. This I could definitely do when I send an SMS, because MyPhoneExplorer allows a hotkey to bring up the "New Message" window.

However, this is not the case when I am accessing the main window, when I do tasks like accessing the Inbox or Sent Items and adding new contacts to the Phonebook. I could access Inbox, for example, by hitting Alt-V-M-I, but sometimes the window's frame does not activate the messages window, so I have to use the mouse to click on messages, instead of using the arrow keys and the Enter key to move around the messages. As the frame has not been activated, I cannot use Tab to get to it.

Since I prefer using MyPhoneExplorer purely by the keyboard, is there a way of including new hotkeys for the Main Window, or just fix the window focusing? I leave the solution to you based on what you find easier to program, but the end result is that one could use MyPhoneExplorer without ever touching the mouse.

Thank you very much, and more power to your software!

Eyahlin

[Eyahlin]

Here are some steps to follow just so we're looking at the same screen:

1. Start MyPhoneExplorer
2. Hit Alt-V-M-I to open the Inbox

Well, what happened in my case was I could not access the messages without using the mouse to activate that frame. And even if I do a..

3. Hit Alt-V-M-S to switch to Archive

I still couldn't get the cursor to focus on the messages without using the mouse.

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To clarify, what I'm suggesting is to be able to access the messages without doing the requisite mouse click.



Thanks!

[Eyahlin]

I mean Alt-V-M-A for Step 3. My bad.

[FJ]

Please give me your prefered list of hotkeys (not only for SMS) and i'll see what i can do for you.

[Eyahlin]

Thank you! For now, I'll give my suggestions for the Phone and Messages menus only, because they're really what I normally use.

I use the numeric keypad to navigate MPE, so I've always wished that the main window keyboard shortcuts could also be accessed from there:

View->Contacts->Phone : Ctrl 0
View->Contacts->SIM : Alt 0
View->Messages->Inbox : Ctrl /
View->Messages->Drafts : Alt /
View->Messages->Sent Items : Ctrl *
View->Messages->Saved Items : Alt *
View->Messages->Archive : Ctrl -

Again, please note that the keys are those in the numeric keypad. And, like I've suggested in my previous post, the frame focus should be on the Messages window itself. That is, after pressing any of the keyboard shortcuts there, the topmost message or contact should be selected.

Please reply for any clarifications.

Thank you very much!

[Eyahlin]

*bump*

Just ensuring that it's been read. Thanks!

[FJ]

Sorry - it has been read