Keyboard shortcuts and delete

ngazidja · Post by **ngazidja** » Fri Dec 07, 2007 12:29 pm

Has anyone else has minor disasters using a keyboard shortcut to duplicate a file? Yes, that's right, CMD-D means delete. And there isn't even a warning. I lost a file with several thousand words of notes on a book while I was trying to duplicate it.

Powers that be, can we have either a) a little warning before it disappears in a puff of dust and/or (preferably "and") a way to user-define keyboard shortcuts (if there is one, forgive me, I haven't found it). I'd rather have have CMD-D as "duplicate" and CMD-delete as "delete" (WITH an "are you sure?" box).

Iain.

Post by **Jon** » Fri Dec 07, 2007 12:40 pm

Command-D is delete, and there is a warning in both the List View and the reference window view.

I seem to recall a bug in an older version of Bookends where the confirm dialog wasn't brought up. If you're using Bookends 10 you should upgrade to the current release. If you're using an older version, you should upgrade to Bookends 9.2.2 (which I'm pretty sure didn't have that bug).

Jon
Sonny Software

ngazidja · Post by **ngazidja** » Fri Dec 07, 2007 12:45 pm

Yes, I know command-D is delete.

I'm using 9.2.2 and there's no warning in the Catalogue list view. Just tried with a dummy reference to make sure.

Iain.

Post by **Jon** » Fri Dec 07, 2007 12:48 pm

I just checked -- you're right. The bug was in 9.2.2.

You can download 10.1.2 and see for yourself it's fixed there.

Jon
Sonny Software

ngazidja · Post by **ngazidja** » Fri Dec 07, 2007 12:57 pm

I don't think I can, I'm still using OSX 10.3.9. Don't I need 10.4 to use Bookends 10?

Post by **Jon** » Fri Dec 07, 2007 1:05 pm

Yes, I'm afraid you do. Sorry, but all I can suggest is that you avoid the keyboard shortcut for delete in the list view (and turn on Automatic Backup so you'll also have a recent backup in case you inadvertently delete a reference).

Jon
Sonny Software