Alternate way of opening Tab Sets - via shortcuts

[dmw]

I love the Tab Set feature, but I wish there were an easier way to switch between sets. If I could add various tab set icons to the toolbar or the shelf, that would be great. Is there any way other than through the arrow button on the tab bar to switch tab sets? When there are no tabs, I don't have the tab bar showing, so to get to my tab set is a three-click process. I'd like it to be a one-click.

[grotsasha]

We've just put Tab Sets into the main menu under "File->New Tab" for this release. This means that you can assign shortcuts to them! Go to "Set Menu Keys" and you will see your Tab Sets there, waiting for you to assign a shortcut to them.

[ilikeimac]

This isn't working for me. I see the tab sets in the "Set Menu Keys" window but assigning keys to them doesn't work, in fact I can't set a keystroke for anything on the "New Tab" submenu except "New Tab" itself. I've tried assigning the desired keystroke to other commands outside that submenu and it works.

I'm running Path Finder 5.1.1 (610) on Mac OS X 10.5.7.

[ilikeimac]

Workaround: I was able to create shortcuts for these in the Keyboard & Mouse control panel under "Keyboard Shortcuts."

Less important glitch: the tab sets don't always appear in the Set Menu Keys window; right now it seems like they appear only every 3rd time I open the window.

[binary]

Thanks for discovering this, we'll try to correct it in the next Path Finder update.

[KieranK]

Thanks for the tip about being able to assign keyboard shortcut for tab sets via System Preferences. Can now have a toolbar icon for different tab sets (apple script to perform keystroke)!

[drusus]

I want to have three different keyboard shortcuts for my three main tab sets, which I use every day, and it’s a pain in the behind having to go to the file menu, scroll down to New Tab, then scroll down again to my chosen tab set.

In May, Binary said that he would fix the problem of assigning keyboard shortcuts in the Set Menu Keys preference, probably in the next update, but as of today, Nov 12th, it still does not work.

No matter what entry I select in the Set Menu Keys section, I cannot assign a shortcut. When I attempt a key sequence it just beeps, and I have made sure that nothing else is using that sequence, so it should not be rejected.

Now I know someone here said their was another way to set this, which was via the Keyboard & Mouse|Keyboard Shortcuts section in Preferences, but that won’t work either.

For instance I have a set of tabs for images and Media called "Images" so I entered Path Finder as the application and then for Menu Title I entered File|New Tab|Images

This being that the main menu is called 'File' then down to 'New Tab' then down to Tab set named "Images".

Can anyone help me out on this, as it’s my one real bugbear with Path Finder, and lets the program down a bit. Tabs are a powerful and useful way to get to your main work areas when performing specific tasks, and for me, this is my main disappointment with Path Finder, as it’s preventing the user from working at their best.

Thanks :-)

[KieranK]

You only need to enter the name of the Tab Set in the 'Menu Title' field, not the full path i.e. just enter Images.

[drusus]

You only need to enter the name of the Tab Set in the 'Menu Title' field, not the full path i.e. just enter Images.

That is brilliant!

Thank you so much. Sorry I was unable to reply before today.
:)

[hhekevintran]

Excuse my ignorance, but what is the 'Menu Title' field?

[KieranK]

In the OS X 'System Preferences' and 'Keyboard' prefs, click the 'Keyboard Shortcuts' tab. If you click '+' at the bottom to add a new shortcut for Path Finder, you will see a 'Menu Title' text box where you enter the name of your Tab Set, and the keyboard shortcut you want assigned to it.