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January 31, 2006 at 2:13 am #21490scotttMember
I have noticed something different on Yahoo messenger when compared to some of the other IM programs. In Yahoo IM I can start an action using a shortcut key (e.g. Ctrl+M) but once I am at the dialog that pops up there is no tab control or shortcut keys to get from the My Contact tab to the Other Contact tab. Am I missing something? Is there a keyboard shortcut to do this?
Thanks.
January 31, 2006 at 4:12 am #137513Eagle_KiwiMemberWelcome to BBB, ScottT – nice to have more folks around here who can string sensible words together!
Sorry I don’t know of any.
But isn’t it still easy to switch tabs just by clicking (yep, sorry, MOUSE-click!) on whichever one you want ?(BTW, MY favorite shortcut key is Ctrl-H, that I toggle many times a day ;-))
January 31, 2006 at 10:13 pm #137511narayananMemberThere used to be a shortcut Ctrl-S in the earlier versions. Lastly remember seeing it even in v6. I think even v6 runs on the current protocol.
But for the current build, there is’nt any keyboard shortcut now.
February 2, 2006 at 2:17 am #137515scotttMemberThanks for the kind words Ian, Yup clicking is a lot easier except when you don’t have a mouse 😉
Anyway it very interesting if what narayanan says is true that they did have some shortcuts but took them out. Why would they take it out????
Here is another question I’ll throw out. Does anyone know why Yahoo uses Ctrl instead of Alt for its shortcuts (MSN and AOL use Alt while it looks like Google doesn’t have any shortcut keys yet).
Thanks.
February 2, 2006 at 7:34 am #137514Eagle_KiwiMember<<BLUSH!>>
Hey, sorry bud, it never occurred to me that you are a HANDICAPPED person. :woot:Ok, fair enough….. well… I hope this thread might grow to have us ALL learn more good info on shortcut keys.
Cheers. 🙂
February 2, 2006 at 6:23 pm #137512narayananMemberQuote:Does anyone know why Yahoo uses Ctrl instead of Alt for its shortcutsI’ve been using Yahoo since v5. Dont remember using an Alt key shortcut in Y! Messenger (other than menus). In the present version I guess most of the infrequent shortcut keys have been migrated to Ctrl-Shift combos like Ctrl-Shift-P for Preferences (previously Ctrl-P), Ctrl-Shift-A for Add a contact(previously Ctrl-A) and Ctrl-Shift-K for Stealth Settings(previously none). One reason for using this kind of difficult combo would be to avoid confusion with their general defenitions and shortcuts using in conversation window.
~~~~~~~~Quote:MY favorite shortcut key is Ctrl-HCtrl-F is mine (for the same purpose) 🙂
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BTW do you think we use Send message to other contact that often ? -
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