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Old 04-08-2015, 09:23 PM   #1
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How do I exit a book list field I'm editing without clicking?
I'm not sure if I'm doing something wrong but when I edit an attribute in the book list and press Enter to save the change it opens the whole book instead of just saving the change.

On Mac and Windows, for example, if I'm renaming a file and press enter it saves the name change, not launches the whole file I renamed. That's all I'm trying to do. Escape leaves the field without saving the change. Tab goes to the next field but I still can't escape out of the field edit mode. There's got to be a way to do this without clicking on another book.
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Old 04-08-2015, 09:27 PM   #2
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I'm not sure if I'm doing something wrong but when I edit an attribute in the book list and press Enter to save the change it opens the whole book instead of just saving the change.

On Mac and Windows, for example, if I'm renaming a file and press enter it saves the name change, not launches the whole file I renamed. That's all I'm trying to do. Escape leaves the field without saving the change. Tab goes to the next field but I still can't escape out of the field edit mode. There's got to be a way to do this without clicking on another book.
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But the first Enter should have just ended the field-edit
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Old 04-08-2015, 09:48 PM   #3
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Tab just moves to editing the next field. I still have to click to get out of editing.

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But the first Enter should have just ended the field-edit
It does what you say for Y/N fields, but it appears to not do so for text, ratings, and floating point fields that I've tried so far, they all go straight from editing to opening the whole book.
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Old 04-08-2015, 09:51 PM   #4
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On a related note, how would I get into editing a field via the keyboard? I can move around field to field via the arrow keys but I can't figure out how to get into editing the field when the selector is over it. If there is keyboard navigation and exiting [when working] of fields I'm assuming there is keyboard get into editing the field?
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Old 04-08-2015, 09:55 PM   #5
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@truth1ness - Enter works for me

I think the behaviour is controlled via the book list double click tweak. I have mine set to do_nothing, that means I use F2 to get into cell edit mode, Escape to get out without saving current cell, and Tab/Backtab to move to next/previous cell.

I use 'V' to view a book.

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Old 04-08-2015, 10:01 PM   #6
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Ah, turns out I had made an alternate shortcut for open to cmd+return but I must have typo'd and only hit the enter. Your comment about the 'V' made me think to check on that. Thanks!
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