Keyboard Shortcuts and Hotkeys

Bug_Slayer

Due to popular demand, we've added a huge number of keyboard shortcuts and hotkeys to Trog. You should be able to do all of your Trogging without ever touching the mouse. To use the new hotkeys you will have to turn on beta features in Trog. (See http://www.priacta.com/Support/Trog_FAQ.shtml#TrogBeta for more information on how this works.) If we don't get any major bug reports with this, we'll move it to the stable feature set.

Here is a list of the new hotkeys, where to use them and what they do:
Anywhere in Windows

Win+1	Go to Trog
Win+Z	Go to Trog's scratchpad

In Trog, but not in any control

A	Jump to the appointment list
T	Jump to the task list
S	Jump to the search field
C	Jump to the calendar
F	Change the filter/list
Esc	Hide Trog and/or return to your previous application

In a specific control in Trog

Alt+A	Jump to the appointment list
Alt+T	Jump to the task list
Alt+S	Jump to the search field
Alt+C	Jump to the calendar
Alt+F	Change the filter/list
Esc	Jump to Trog, with no control focused.

In the task list

X	Toggle between complete, and incomplete
S, Shift+S	Cycle the start date forward or backwards
D, Shift+D	Cycle the due date forward or backwards
R, Shift+R	Cycle the reminder date forward or backwards
!	Enable or disable the reminder
1	Cycle the priority
C	Select categories
A	Select contacts
T	Jump to the task title (or "subject") field
N	Jump to the task notes (or "body") field
Enter	Open the task in Outlook
Space	Show Trog's information popout if not already visible
Ctl+S	Save any changes
Ctl+Z	Undo all changes
Up, Down	Move to the previous/next task in the list

In addition, the following hotkeys were already available, and can be used without enabling beta features:
In the task list or appointment list

Ctl+C	Copy the selected task(s)/appointment(s)
Ctl+X	Cut the selected task(s)/appointment(s)
Ctl+V	Paste new task(s)/appointment(s)
Ctl+A	Select all tasks/appointments
Delete	Delete the selected task(s)/appointment(s)
Up, Down	Select the previous/next task/appointment in the list

If we're missing any major hotkeys here let us know.

Inboxer

When you say "In the Task List" (heading for where the shortcut applies) you do mean that, right, not "in the task fly-out window"?

I'd like to see a couple more:

- Cycle ALL dates as a group fwd (should work inside fly-out window as well)
- Pop Out/Select last/prev/next-opened task (works from outside/inside Trog Bar, needed when you open a task in Outlook and you need to return to see it in Trog Bar, or when you edit a task erroneously and need to re-see it; maybe it just works on tasks actually clicked in in the popout, not just tasks that fly out on hover select since many can get selected accidentally that way)

kcren

Ok, this part of the list is a bit unclear to me:

In Trog, but not in any control

A	Jump to the appointment list
T	Jump to the task list
S	Jump to the search field
C	Jump to the calendar
F	Change the filter/list
Esc	Hide Trog and/or return to your previous application

In a specific control in Trog

Alt+A	Jump to the appointment list
Alt+T	Jump to the task list
Alt+S	Jump to the search field
Alt+C	Jump to the calendar
Alt+F	Change the filter/list
Esc	Jump to Trog, with no control focused.

Are you saying that the bottom half of the list applies "Anywhere in Trog Bar" and not just when you are in a control?

Support Admin

No, the list is accurate. If you are “In Trog, but not in any control” then the top list applies. If you are “In a specific control in Trog” the bottom list applies. Notice that escape does something different in each list. Here is an example of a series of keystrokes, and the result at each step:

Behavior when keystrokes are entered in this order:
Win+Tab - Trog appears, Trog is focused, but nothing else
Esc – The Trog Bar hides and focus returns to the previous window (Assuming that you have autohide enabled.)
Win+Tab - Trog appears, Trog is focused, but nothing else
S – Search is focused
T – The letter ‘T’ is placed in the search field
Esc – Trog is focused again, search is not (notice, that escape didn’t hide Trog, since a control was focused)
T – The task window is focused
S – The start date for the selected task is incremented
Alt+S – Search is focused
Esc – Trog is focused, not search or the task list (notice, that escape didn’t hide Trog, since a control was focused, the NEXT escape will hide it)
Esc – The Trog Bar hides and focus returns to the previous window (Assuming that you have autohide enabled.)

kcren

1) Win+Tab does not work on my Win XP system. It cycles between the apps already appearing on the task bar (default Windows behavior, I suspect).

2) For consistency of use, and to avoid confusion for some of us, I'd like to see the Alt+letter hotkeys apply both inside and outside controls, like this:

In Trog, but not in any control

A, Alt+A	Jump to the appointment list
T, Alt+T	Jump to the task list
S, Alt+S	Jump to the search field
C, Alt+C	Jump to the calendar
F, Alt+C	Change the filter/list

This makes the Alt+Letter behavior 100% predicatble. It's just not always clear to me when I'm in a control and when I'm not.

Email Submissions

I agree about needing a hotkey to reopen the last task or email. Because the task window is small now (can't resize yet) you can’t preview some emails readily and have to click, open in Outlook, review, then go back and find that same email/action item again to decide what to do with it. It’s just extra steps. (A hotkey to open the last opened email or task in Trog would really help in this regard. I notice that Trog "knows" which one was opened last, since it opens if I click on a category header instead of a task/email in the task list.)

- [M]

Bug_Slayer

This was one of the early ideas, but it got tossed out. I'll see if we can get it in there. This needs to be a global hotkey, right?

Unknown

Is there a way to change or disable some of the hotkeys ?
I use Win+Z for some other program http://odierno.com/domercury/

Bug_Slayer

Yes and no. It is possible at a technical level (if you feel comfortable with regedit and hex.) At a user interface level, this is not yet possible. This is in fact the only reason that this feature is still beta controlled. We're working on this and will deliver the solution as soon as we have it. In the mean time, if you tell me what keys you would like to change this to, I can tell you exactly how to customize this by hand.