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Winbox Shortcuts Keys

Mon Dec 10, 2018 4:32 pm

Hi,

I know it was dangerous a key to disable interfaces. But is there a chance to add to winbox a shortcut do edit comments, like F2 key?

It would be very convenient to have some keyboard shortcuts to these non critical operations.

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Re: Winbox Shortcuts Keys

Sun Jan 05, 2020 7:02 am

control+M
to edit comments.

i wish there was a list of winbox GUI keyboard shortcuts (not terminal/cli). this info is hidden for some reason.
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Re: Winbox Shortcuts Keys

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Re: Winbox Shortcuts Keys

Mon Jan 06, 2020 10:46 pm

thanks, but those are winbox Terminal / CLI commands i was referring to in my post, they are not commands for using winbox itself. (ie what is winbox keyboard shortcut to disable or enable a rule - a list like that is what myself and many others on the forums are looking for).

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Re: Winbox Shortcuts Keys

Mon Jan 06, 2020 10:53 pm

I only find F6 useful... :lol:
 
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Re: Winbox Shortcuts Keys

Sat May 22, 2021 10:17 pm

These work for me in current WinBox (as of 2021-09-16)

1. WinBox-specific shortcuts
Ctrl + A = select all

Ctrl + D or Num- = disable
Ctrl + E or Num+ = enable

Ctrl + F = find
Ctrl + G = find next

Ctrl + M = edit comment

Ctrl + + = zoom in – the entire WinBox view
Ctrl + - = zoom out – the entire WinBox view

Tab = next control (+Shift = previous control) • in table view it also focuses icons
• arrow keys do the same if not occupied by another function, e.g. by moving cursor (example: in tables, Up/Down moves, but Left/Right is still selecting controls)
Ctrl + Tab = next tab, if there are tabs (+Shift = previous tab), else next window
• this has a bug and sometimes changes window instead of tab
Space = activate focused control (e.g. button) – if it is not a text box

Ins = add record (into table) • add value (into multi-value field)
Del = delete current record (from table) • delete current value (from multi-value field)

Esc = close window
F2 = edit comment
F3 = find, then find next (Ctrl + F and Ctrl + G combined)

F4 = close window
F6 = previous window (+Shift = next window)
F10 = menu

2. Natural Windows shortcuts
Alt = menu
Alt + S, Down = open Session menu (because of initial letter S which is first of two conflicting accelerator keys)
Alt + S, S, Down = open Settings menu (because of initial letter S which is second of two conflicting accelerator keys)
Alt + D = open Dashboard menu (Down arrow is not needed because initial letter D has no conflicts with other menu items)
• after this, if a submenu is open, press initial letter of an item to select it • if there are more items with key conflict (starting with same letter), press the letter as many times and needed and confirm by Enter
Alt + Space = open Windows system menu (Maximize, Minimize, etc...)
Alt + F4 = close WinBox

Shift + Up/Down = select range of items in table
Ctrl + Space = toggle selection of individual table items
Ctrl + Up/Down = move selection cursor without affecting items selected by Ctrl + Space
Last edited by miroxlav on Sat Jun 04, 2022 4:44 pm, edited 6 times in total.
 
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Re: Winbox Shortcuts Keys

Sat May 22, 2021 10:45 pm

Using the AutoHotKey (https://www.autohotkey.com/) you can make the WinBox a bit more practical and safer, see the following code example:
• Stop Del key from causing accidents (it is dangerous in tables) and move its function to Shift + Del.
• Add a Disconnect Session command to Ctrl + Shift + D.
• Add a Show/Hide Passwords toggle to Alt + F8. (This is standardized Windows shortcut to show content of password input field with eye icon.)
#IfWinActive, ahk_class routeros_main ahk_exe winbox.exe

; stop Del key from accidental deletion in tables and move this function to Shift+Del
Del::MsgBox % "Del key is blocked – use Shift + Del instead."
+Del::Send {Del}

+^d::	; disconnect session
	Send !s{Down}d
	Return
	
!F8::	; show/hide passwords
	Send !s{Right}{Down}h
	Return

#IfWinActive

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