This App is No Longer Maintained. Visit the Replacement at StrokesPlus.net

StrokesPlus Forum
                       
StrokesPlus Forum
Home | Profile | Active Topics
Members | Search | FAQ
Username:
Password:
Save Password
Forgot your Password?

 All Forums
 Lua Scripts
 General Action Scripts
 Call to Action! Default Gestures and Actions
 Forum Locked
 Printer Friendly
Author Previous Topic Topic Next Topic  

Rob

USA
2615 Posts

Posted - 01/03/2013 :  19:37:18  Show Profile  Visit Rob's Homepage
Hello all!

I think it's time to revisit the default gestures and actions. When I put them together over a year ago, it was rather hurried and not well thought out.

So I'd like to clean up and recreate the default settings (for a brand new user). Which gestures/actions do you think should be included?

What about what should be ignored?

Pre-defined apps (Chrome, etc.)?

My goal is to provide the really good set of gestures/actions for the new S+ user, especially for those folks who don't feel comfortable with scripting/programming in Lua.

Thanks in advance!


My list in progress and for feedback:

Global:

Maximize or Restore
Minimize
Open Explorer
Open Web Browser
Back
Forward
Next Window (Ctrl+Tab)
Previous Window (Ctrl+Shift+Tab)
Cycle Applications
Switch to Last Application
Exit Application
Close Window (MDI)
Copy
Cut
Paste
Undo
Redo
Disable Next Gesture
Send Windows to Next Monitor
Play/Pause
Volume Up
Volume Down
Next Track
Previous Track
Refresh
Toggle Mute

Desktop:

(Ignore) Maximize or Restore
(Ignore) Minimize
(Ignore) Close Window (MDI)
Shutdown (same gesture as Exit Application in Global)

Internet:

Open Link in New Window
Open Link in New Tab
New Tab
Full Screen
Open Last Closed Tab
Zoom In
Zoom Out
Open Home Page
Bookmark Page
Open Bookmarks
View Downloads


breakcore

Russia
74 Posts

Posted - 01/04/2013 :  05:17:21  Show Profile
I reviewed my actions and didn't found something that might be popular and ordinary.
I think new users may need to see many templates with comments in form of deactivated gestures. A well made video tutorial would be perfect for them.

for Chrome may be add "zoom in" - acSendKeys("^{PLUS}"), "zoom out" - acSendKeys("^-")
Go to Top of Page

Rob

USA
2615 Posts

Posted - 01/04/2013 :  05:20:56  Show Profile  Visit Rob's Homepage
quote:
Originally posted by breakcore
I think new users may need to see many templates with comments in form of deactivated gestures. A well made video tutorial would be perfect for them.



That's a very good idea.
Go to Top of Page

Hax

128 Posts

Posted - 01/04/2013 :  08:27:44  Show Profile
Add actions for all major web browsers.

http://dmcritchie.mvps.org/firefox/keyboard.htm
http://www.howtogeek.com/114518/47-keyboard-shortcuts-that-work-in-all-web-browsers/

That can be simplified thanks to regular expressions.
Go to Top of Page

durexlw

13 Posts

Posted - 01/08/2013 :  08:14:33  Show Profile
The actions I currently have on my work PC:

Global:
- Close program
- Copy
- Cut
- paste (copy, paste & cut are rarely used because the shortcut-keys are faster and pretty much uniform anyway)
- Google it
- Launch explorer
- Launch IE
- Launch outlook
- Launch word
- Maximize
- Minimize
- show desktop

For IE:
- back
- close tab
- forward
- gmail
- Home
- New tab

For Outlook:
I have quicksteps assigned for each task I can perform with an email: Archive (send to map and categorize), Archive & reply, delete (recycle bin), delete & reply, do (make a task of it), do & reply, delegate (make task and foreward it), delegate & reply

This results in 8 actions, I use the 8 quadrants and the diagonals in between (in combination with the CTRL-key) to send the shortcuts for each action.

The result is that for each email, I just make a gesture and it's removed from my inbox, either archived, deleted or transformed to a task with a deadline (witch can be delegated). Allows me to manage a mailbox in minutes. By the end of each day I always have an empty mailbox and I have tasks reminding me of the stuff I needed to do, based on the emails I got.

It's just a translation of the inbox management-paradigm: "Do now, Do later, Delete, Delegate"


Commands mentioned above, but that have more to it:

**********
Google it
----------
Display an inputbox that takes the input and looks for the string in the default browser in google
**********
local sSearch = acInputBox("Google me", "What would you like to search?", "")
if sSearch ~= "" then
	sSearch = 'https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&output=search&q='..sSearch
	acShellExecute("open","rundll32.exe", 
               "url.dll,FileProtocolHandler "..sSearch, nil, 1)
	acSendKeys("{DELAY=50}^v")
end


********
New Tab
--------
If a new tab is dragged from a link, then the link opens in a new tab, otherwise just a new blank tab opens (a contraction of 'open link in new tab and open new tab')
********
acConsumePhysicalInput(1)
acMouseMove(gsx,gsy)
acDelay(20)
if acGetMouseCursorType() == "HAND" then
    acMouseClick(gsx, gsy, 1, 1, 1) 	
else
    acSendKeys("^t")
end
acMouseMove(gex,gey)
acConsumePhysicalInput(0)

Edited by - durexlw on 01/08/2013 08:17:13
Go to Top of Page
  Previous Topic Topic Next Topic  
 Forum Locked
 Printer Friendly
Jump To:
StrokesPlus Forum © 2011-2018 Rob Yapchanyk Go To Top Of Page
Snitz Forums 2000