On this page, you can configure keyboard accelerators (shortcuts, hotkeys, whatever terminology you prefer) for use within folders. The keys you specify here will only function if a folder currently has the focus, NOT from within other windows.

The "Enable" box determines whether XFolder will subclass folder windows in order to allow for hotkeys. Uncheck this box if you experience any problems with keystrokes in folders. As opposed to previous XFolder versions, this setting now (V0.70) takes effect immediately. This setting may also be overridden on the "XFolder" page in every folder's Settings notebook.

Press "Undo" to restore the settings that were in use before you opened this settings page.

Press "Default" to restore the settings to the installation state.

In order to configure a certain folder action, click on an item in the "Configurable menu items" list. In the entry field below, you will see the hotkey that is currently defined for this action.

If you wish to change the hotkey, simply click into the entry field and press the keys that you want to set for the currently marked action. You will see that the entry field responds immediately to keys you are pressing.

If you wish to remove a hotkey, select the respective folder action from the list box and press the "Clear" button.

Changing the hotkeys will affect all folders immediately.

Important notes:

- The entry field allows you to define hotkeys very freely. It even accepts and remembers keys which will not function as folder hotkeys, because they are already occupied by the folder container control (the area of the folder window where the contents of the folder are displayed). The reason for this is that XFolder only receives a notification for keys that are not processed by the container already. So if you try to define keys which already have a default function in folders, such as the cursor keys or regular characters (like "a"), the assigned function will not work.
- The keys you define here might conflict with other software which allows for hotkeys, such as Object Desktop. In general, it is a good idea to split keyboard combinations: for example, give Object Desktop "Ctrl+Alt" combinations and XFolder "Ctrl+Shift".
- Certain items in the list box require OS/2 Warp 4. They will simply not work on older OS/2 versions, but cause no harm.
- The hotkeys do work even if you have removed the respective menu items from the folder context menus (on page 3 of "Context menus" in the "Workplace Shell" object). For example, you can remove the whole "Sort" menu, but still assign hotkeys for sorting. :-)
- Finally, the hotkeys which the entry field accepts might be dependent on your system. Certain wild combinations (such as "Ctrl+Shift+Alt+something") might not be recognized. This is due to limitations in OS/2's keyboard messaging.