Sonny Software

Simple request. Could we have a hotkey for opening the first attachment? Or a button at the top bar? Basically the command which you get from right clicking the paper clip symbol and then clicking the name of the attachment.

There's all kinds of buttons everywhere, and lots of hotkeys, which I never ever use. But I still need to open a menu with a mouse in order to get to the attachment. Which can happen dozens of times a day.

Yes, I know there's a pdf viewing window which can be opened with one click. This is excellent for entering data for the ref, but for any longer reading I prefer a separate pdf application. (Also the pdf window makes my Bookends slightly slower, so I generally avoid having it open.)

Shift-Command-O?

Jon
Sonny Software

Ooooohh! Would be perfect! Simple, quick, single-handed without twisting fingers weirdly, and even logical.

It already exists...

Jon
Sonny Software

Oh. Okay. Silly me.
I just haven't seen the command anywhere in the menus.

Okay. Now, I found it. sorry.

Feel free to delete this thread.

I'm sure others who missed this keyboard shortcut (which is discoverable if you right click on a reference with an attachment and select Open Attachment With..., btw) will find this thread useful. It's easy to miss these sorts of things in a complex app like Bookends.

Jon
Sonny Software

For future silly people, how about showing the hotkey in the menu when you right click the paper clip? That's what I have always used, and that is why I didn't find it.

That's not a bad a idea.

Jon
Sonny Software