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Manage keymap files

Find out how to create, rename, delete, move, copy, and assign default keymap files in Connexion client.

About keymap files

Keymap files store keystroke shortcuts. The Connexion client installs with a default keymap file named Custom.Keymap.xml.

The file contains the default keystrokes and/or any keystroke shortcuts you assign or reassign.

Your assignments always override any existing default keystrokes.

To work with keymap files, navigate to Tools > Keymaps > Organizer. The Keymap Organizer window opens.

  • In the Keymap Organizer window, you can navigate to, and work with, up to two keymap files in the Keymap 1 and/or Keymap 2 areas. The angle brackets (>> or <<) on the buttons (Browse, New, Rename, Delete, Move, and Copy) indicate which keymap area or file the button affects.
  • To toggle between areas (and change direction of angle brackets), click in the area you want to use.
  • To view key assignments in a file, click the plus sign (+) next to a file name. A list of key assignments in the file displays.
  • When finished working with keymap files, click Close or press <Enter> to close the Keymap Organizer window.

Create a keymap file

  1. Navigate to Tools > Keymaps > Organizer. The Keymap Organizer window opens.
  2. Select the keymap file you want to work with.
    Or
    If the keymap file you want does not appear in the Keymap 1 or Keymap 2 list, click Browse and navigate to the file. The path name appears under Current. The highlighted file name appears in the list.
    Default location of keymap files: X:\Documents and Settings\[user name]\Application Data\OCLC\Connex\Profiles\MyProfile, where X is the letter of your hard drive.
  3. Click New and enter a name for the file to create a keymap file in the folder shown under Current.
  4. Click Close to close the Keymap Organizer window.

Rename a keymap file

  1. Navigate to Tools > Keymaps > Organizer. The Keymap Organizer window opens.
  2. Select the keymap file you want to work with.
    Or
    If the keymap file you want does not appear in the Keymap 1 or Keymap 2 list, click Browse and navigate to the file. The path name appears under Current. The highlighted file name appears in the list.
    Default location of keymap files: X:\Documents and Settings\[user name]\Application Data\OCLC\Connex\Profiles\MyProfile, where X is the letter of your hard drive.
  3. Click Rename and enter the new name over the old one to rename the selected keymap file.
  4. Click Close to close the Keymap Organizer window.

Delete a keymap file

  1. Navigate to Tools > Keymaps > Organizer. The Keymap Organizer window opens.
  2. Select the keymap file you want to work with.
    Or
    If the keymap file you want does not appear in the Keymap 1 or Keymap 2 list, click Browse and navigate to the file. The path name appears under Current. The highlighted file name appears in the list.
    Default location of keymap files: X:\Documents and Settings\[user name]\Application Data\OCLC\Connex\Profiles\MyProfile, where X is the letter of your hard drive.
  3. Click Delete and then click Yes to delete the selected keymap file.
  4. Click Close to close the Keymap Organizer window.

Move key assignments between keymap files

  1. Navigate to Tools > Keymaps > Organizer. The Keymap Organizer window opens.
  2. Select the keymap files you want to work with.
  3. In one Keymap area, select the file to which you want to move a key assignment.
  4. In the other Keymap area, click the plus sign (+) next to the keymap file from which you want to move an assignment.
  5. Click the key assignment you want to move.
     Note: To check the function of the selected key, see the definition under Description.
  6. Click Move to remove the assignment from the original file and place it in the selected file.
  7. Click Close to close the Keymap Organizer window.

Copy key assignments between keymap files

  1. Navigate to Tools > Keymaps > Organizer. The Keymap Organizer window opens.
  2. Select the keymap files you want to work with.
  3. In one Keymap area, select the file to which you want to copy a key assignment.
  4. In the other Keymap area, click the plus sign (+) next to the keymap file from which you want to copy an assignment.
  5. Click the key assignment you want to copy.
     Note: To check the function of the selected key, see the definition under Description.
  6. Click Copy to keep it in the original file and place it in the selected file.
  7. Click Close to close the Keymap Organizer window.

Assign a default keymap file

  1. Navigate to Tools > Keymaps. The Keymaps window opens.
  2. Select the keymap file containing the key assignments you want the client to use from the Select Keymap File drop-down list.
  3. Select the Default Keymap check box.
  4. When finished, perform one of the following actions:
    1. Click OK or press <Enter> to apply your changes and close the Keymaps window.
    2. Click Cancel to cancel changes without closing the window.