Viz Mosart User Guide
Version 5.5 | Published April 04, 2024 ©
Keyboard Shortcuts Editor
All keyboard shortcuts for the Viz Mosart GUI are fully customizable.
Working with Keyboard Shortcuts
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You create or edit a keyboard setup by navigating to Tools > Keyboard shortcuts > Keyboard shortcuts.
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Several sets of keyboard shortcuts (keyboard layouts) can be stored and recalled from the Keyboard shortcuts menu.
The Keyboard Shortcuts Editor is divided into four areas:
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Keyboard Layout Preview.
Shortcut List
Having chosen a keyboard layout, the left-side panel lists all the shortcut keys, grouped by
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Control Command
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Template
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Timeline
functionality.
Editor Window
The options available for each shortcut in the editor window are mainly dependent upon the type of shortcut being created or edited.
The four main types of shortcuts are Template keys, Control Command keys, Timeline keys and Layout keys.
Note: From Viz Mosart 4.x, Template Router is the new name for what was Wall Manager.
If there is a shortcut of type AUTO or CONTINUE, it shows how many continue points there are left.
Menu Bar
The menu bar at the lower left of the Keyboard shortcuts window is where you create a new keyboard shortcut.
Modifying Keyboard Shortcuts
To Add a New Keyboard shortcut
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Select Add new shortcut from the menu bar .
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Choose a shortcut type from the list in the Editor Window.
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After working with the shortcut, click Save.
To Remove a Keyboard shortcut
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Select shortcut from the Shortcut List.
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Click Remove.
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Click Save.
To Edit a Keyboard shortcut
The procedure for associating a shortcut to a specific keys is similar for all keyboard shortcut types.
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Click the center rectangle (F12 in the illustration above).
A red, pulsating circle appears. -
Press the desired key, including any modifier keys (for example, combinations of Alt, Shift or Ctrl).
The main key appears in the rectangle, any modifier keys are highlighted to the left (in the illustration above, Shift and Ctrl). -
Type the name to appear on the shortcut button in the rectangle to the right (in the illustration above, the field with TRANSITION_TYPE)
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Click the pulsating center rectangle.
Working with Keyboard Layouts
Selecting Keyboard Layout
To select a keyboard layout
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In the Keyboard shortcuts menu bar, left-click over the Layout (naming) text. of the menu.
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Select Open Layout and choose required configuration.
Note: As a starter, we recommend using the Default setup described in this section.
See the following sections for more details:
Modifying a Keyboard Layout
To rename or assign as default, a keyboard layout
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In the Keyboard shortcuts menu bar, left-click over the Layout (naming) text. of the menu.
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To rename a current keyboard layout:
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Select Rename layout
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Provide an appropriate name and click OK.
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To set the current keyboard layout as Default:
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Select Open layout, and from the selection of keyboard layout names, choose your new default.
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Mouse-over the layout name in the menu bar, left-click and select Set as default.
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Exporting and Importing a Keyboard Layout
You can store and restore layouts on the server (Manus Admin).
To export a keyboard layout
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In the Keyboard shortcuts menu bar, left-click over the Layout (naming) text. of the menu.
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Select Export.
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(Information only) In the Manus Admin console, the operation is registered:
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An acknowledgement dialog menu appears. Click OK.
To import a keyboard layout
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In the Keyboard shortcuts menu bar, left-click over the Layout (naming) text. of the menu.
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Select Import.
Note: This operation is also available in the Viz Mosart UI menu bar with Tools > Import shortcuts from server.
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(Information only) In the Manus Admin console, the operation is registered:
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An acknowledgement dialog menu appears. Click OK.
Server-based shortcuts overwrite local shortcuts.
To always import the server shortcuts when starting the Viz Mosart client
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To set this as default behavior, navigate to Tools > General Settings > User interface > Keyboard > Import keyboard shortcuts on startup.