Full-Screen Keyboard Shortcuts in WriteRoom 3.0
Full-Screen Keyboard Shortcuts in WriteRoom 3.0:
We’ve heard a lot of (good-natured) grumblings regarding the change in the keyboard shortcut from ‘escape’ or ‘command+return’ to switch in and out of Full Screen Mode.
Escape key: This key is reserved by OS X to toggle autocomplete in text views. This had been a conflicting issue in WriteRoom 2, and a battle we couldn’t win in the long run.
As for command+return, it was best to go with the new OS X default behaviors. Now WriteRoom has 2 full screen modes, the current shortcuts avoid other potential conflicts with other default behaviors.
You can edit these commands yourself using the Keyboard preferences in OS X. If a particular shortcut combo doesn’t work, it may be reserved by the system.
Editing Keyboard Shortcuts (from the OS X Help Center):
Choose Apple menu > System Preferences, and then click Keyboard.
Click Keyboard Shortcuts, and then click Add (+).
Choose an application from the Application pop-up menu. If you want to set the same key combination for a menu command that appears in many applications, choose All Applications.
If the application you want to select does not appear in the list, choose Other and locate the application using the Open dialog. Some applications may not allow you to set keyboard shortcuts.
- Type the menu command for which you want to set a keyboard shortcut in the Menu Title field.
You must type the command exactly as it appears in the application menu, including ellipses and any other punctuation. An ellipsis is a special character that looks like three periods. To type an ellipsis, press Option-semicolon, or use the Character Viewer. It may be difficult to know whether the command is written in the menu with a real ellipsis or with three periods, so if one does not work, try the other.
Click in the Keyboard Shortcut field and press the key combination that you want to assign to the menu command, and then click Add. You cannot use each type of key (for example, a letter key) more than once in a key combination.
Quit the application for which you added or changed a keyboard shortcut.
Restart the application to see the keyboard shortcut in the application’s menu.
Final Note:
Make sure that you have both menu items specified (Enter Full Screen / Exit Full Screen) The menu time title changes based on current full screen mode, so you need to setup the shortcut for both.
