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I know this has been asked before, but I couldn't find the thread.
It would be really great if you could change the shortcut for panning from ALT to something else.

You're probably aware of this, but as a stopgap, this can be approximated with Autohotkey (free) (Windows) or ControllerMate ($25) (OS X). You could replace your normal TVPaint executable with a batch file which runs your TVPaint executable and the associated AutoHotkey script to remap the alt key to the spacebar (or whatever).

schwarzgrau wrote:I know this has been asked before, but I couldn't find the thread.
It would be really great if you could change the shortcut for panning from ALT to something else.

It would be great indeed, but that's not possible in the current engine.

It would be great indeed, but that's not possible in the current engine.

haha, each time I read this I think of it as a running gag it's like the perfect sentence to respond to any question. Perfect private joke for TVP forum members

"Could you animate more quickly?"

It would be great indeed, but that's not possible in the current engine.

"Can you pay me a little more?"

It would be great indeed, but that's not possible in the current engine.

"Could you layout your storyboard for the same salary?"

It would be great indeed, but that's not possible in the current engine.

(no offense intended I perfectly understand the meaning of the response)

meslin wrote:You're probably aware of this, but as a stopgap, this can be approximated with Autohotkey (free) (Windows) or ControllerMate ($25) (OS X). You could replace your normal TVPaint executable with a batch file which runs your TVPaint executable and the associated AutoHotkey script to remap the alt key to the spacebar (or whatever).

That's my problem. I've been using Controllermate for years and I LOVE it. A few month ago I bought a Cintiq Companion and therefore I learned a bit AutoHotKey scripting. I used the Wacom Driver to map F20 to one of my buttons (since I never use F20). Then I mapped ALT to it, using Autohotkey. Now I would love to add another shortcut to that button, if you double-tapp it. The script works great, if you don't use it with the ALT key, cause a single ALT press sets the focus of the current application to the menubar (explanation for all non-windows user here). So instead of sending ALT with the first press and lets say F with the second press of the double tapping, it sends ALT and then searches for some word starting with F in the menubar. Everything else than ALT would be a huge help. Or maybe somebody knows a way to disable this menubar focus on windows.

NathanOtano wrote: haha, each time I read this I think of it as a running gag it's like the perfect sentence to respond to any question. Perfect private joke for TVP forum members

hehe I thought something similar this time.


Oh and thank you for your reply Thierry. It's a pity it isn't possible.

It appears that you can use AutoHotkey to override the system-wide use of the Alt key as the menu-focus key: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1393 ... s-menu-key
(Warning, you would use functionality of Alt+Tab and combos like that...)

Ah great, thank you.