Using keyboard shortcuts is a great way to quickly perform a task; it is usually quicker than navigating to a (sub) menu and choosing the command from a list.
Assigning a keyboard shortcut to an action in Content Station is done in the WWSettings.xml file.
Most keyboard shortcuts are already provided in the WWSettings.xml file but need to be enabled by un-commenting them.
Name is the name of the action. This name is very specific: Content Station uses it to map the keyboard shortcut to a particular action. The names that you can use are listed below.
Shortcut is the keyboard shortcut combination with a + sign between each key.
Note: The Cmd key (Mac OS X) or Ctrl key (Windows) always needs to be part of the combination.
Description: Refreshes many areas and pages that can be refreshed, such as the Inbox, Dossier page, Search page, Preview in the Multi-Channel Text Editor, Publish Manager, and so on.
Opens the New Article dialog box.
Opens the New Dossier dialog box.
Can be used on a file that is selected in a Document pane. The Category that the file should be assigned to is defined by setting a value which should be the same name as the Category defined in Enterprise Server. Create additional shortcuts to assign other Categories.
Can be used on a file that is selected in a Document pane.
The defined values should correspond with those that are defined in Enterprise Server (meaning: when the Publication Channel is named "Print", the value for the Publication Channel in the keyboard shortcut syntax should also be "Print").
Note: Make sure that no empty values exist; using <Value></Value> can result in errors.
Can beused on a file that is selected in a Document pane.
Can be applied to a file selected in a Document pane.
For example: when choosing a user in the Route To list for one file, the shortcut can be used for the following files to set the same user in the Route To field.
Can be used on a file that is selected in a Document pane. It opens the Sent To dialog box.
Can be used when working on an article in any text editor.
Can be used for an article that is selected in a Document pane.
Can be used when working on an article in the Multi-Channel Text Editor.
Can be used when working on an article in the Multi-Channel Text Editor. The value is defined by specifying the decimal HTML entity of the character.
For example: Instead of assigning the shortcut Ctrl+Shift+Y to the Yen sign, you can use it to assign it to an em space.
Can be used when two articles have been selected in a Document pane (List View only) or in the Article Show Versions dialog box.
Can be used when using the Article Compare feature.
Can be used when working on an article in Visual Mode in the Multi-Channel Text Editor. Steps used: 25% -> 50% -> 75% -> 100% -> 150% -> 200% -> 300% -> 400% -> and 500%.
The same keyboard shortcuts can be used that are described for Windows. Replace all instances of Ctrl by Cmd.
When Content Station is configured for Middle Eastern support — by which text in an article is displayed from right to left — the keyboard navigation is also reversed: pressing the right-arrow key on the keyboard moves the cursor to the left and pressing the left-arrow key moves the cursor to the right.