To John While we're on this subject, I note that all the Alt+key (/,n,t,o,y,p,f,m and h) shortcuts all work for me. Pressing Alt and the key takes me directly to the selected data entry location. There is one other Alt+key that does not work as expected. Selecting Alt+g for the Add Sibling tab only highlights the tab itself. To get to the data entry point you must then press enter. Is this by design or is there something different about my setup? I'd like to see a keyboard shortcut to scroll through spouses. David Yosue -----Original Message----- From: J. P. Gilliver (John) Sent: Saturday, April 07, 2012 10:36 PM To: bk@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [BK] suggestion - dates in name field? (Also shortcut keys fortabs) In message <44F0F607848D490E8A6FFF9E327F44FF@Dell4600>, John Steed <brothers_keeper@msn.com> writes: >To J P Gulliver (Gilliver, but I'm used to that!) > >I might be able to make an option to show the birth and death date >somewhere on the screen. I would need to find space. >I would not want to put in in the top Name box or people would be >confused and think it was part of the name and then delete it. Yes, I thought that; it would need a separating mullion to make that clear (that it wasn't part of the name). And why I suggested making it optional. >I will think about that. Thanks! Not important, just a suggestion. > >The Alt+/ should still work to get to tab 1. It does not work from >everywhere, but from most fields it will jump back there. Ah, I hadn't realised it still works - I'd assumed it didn't since the / isn't underlined (as I see it). >The / is underlined on my screen. Perhaps you have a different font. Could be, though I wasn't aware I had. Hang on, a thought: yes, I've just experimented, and under File | Options | Edit Screen, if I choose no tabs bold or selected tab not bold others bold, the / is underlined; if I choose Only selected tab bold or all tabs bold (and yes, I an "English and 1024 by 768 or larger"), it isn't. (Though for all the ones I've tried, I haven't found where alt-/ - or Otto's alt-shift-/ - does anything other than make the default error beep.) Not important though! [] -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G.5AL-IS-P--Ch++(p)Ar@T0H+Sh0!:`)DNAf A man is not contemptible because he thinks science explains everything, and a man is not contempptible because he doesn't. - Howard Jacobson, in Radio Times 2010/1/23-29. Remember - Use the Archives at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/search ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message