Preview Mode - Keyboard Shortcut

[matt4KHDR 1]

In the View menu on the Tool Bar "Preview Mode" is shown as Control + W, but nothing happens and my MacBook makes that 'boop' noise that it does when no action can be completed at this time. Am I pushing the wrong keys, or is this a bug?

[walt.farrell 4,319]

21 minutes ago, HearIsMatt said:

In the View menu on the Tool Bar "Preview Mode" is shown as Control + W, but nothing happens and my MacBook makes that 'boop' noise that it does when no action can be completed at this time. Am I pushing the wrong keys, or is this a bug?

Are you sure it's showing Control, and not Cmd?

[matt4KHDR 1]

i know it's not cmd, but that's crtl, isn't it?

[walt.farrell 4,319]

Yes, that's Ctrl. Sorry; I thought the default on Mac was Cmd for that one.

 

[matt4KHDR 1]

you're right! it probably should be. just wanted to make sure i was reading it right.

[garrettm30 592]

Command-W is the nearly universal shortcut for closing a window (thus, closing a document, as in Publisher).

Control-W should work, but I occasionally get Publisher in a state where I get the alert sound with any keyboard input I try, including command-Q (quit). I wish I could figure out how to get it in that state so I could report it. So far all I can do is to quit from the menu, and when I restart Publisher, all is right again.

[walt.farrell 4,319]

54 minutes ago, garrettm30 said:

Command-W is the nearly universal shortcut for closing a window (thus, closing a document, as in Publisher).

That's similar to Windows, where Ctrl+W is the shortcut for closing a document or window (but not the application window). So, on Windows, the Preview Mode shortcut is Ctrl+Shift+W.

It's interesting that the Affinity default on Mac isn't simply Cmd+Shift+W, to match the Windows Affinity default.

[matt4KHDR 1]

2 hours ago, garrettm30 said:

Command-W is the nearly universal shortcut for closing a window (thus, closing a document, as in Publisher).

Control-W should work, but I occasionally get Publisher in a state where I get the alert sound with any keyboard input I try, including command-Q (quit). I wish I could figure out how to get it in that state so I could report it. So far all I can do is to quit from the menu, and when I restart Publisher, all is right again.

that's pretty wild, actually. never heard of cmd+q not working. i guess there's still a few bugs

[Gabe 1,236]

Hi @HearIsMatt,

Sorry for the delayed reply. 

I can only get that sound if I press Fn+W (instead of Ctrl+W). Have you changed your FN and CTRL buttons System Preferences > Keyboard > Modifier Keys ? 

Thanks,

Gabe. 

[matt4KHDR 1]

Hi @gabriem

i have not changed any buttons. the shortcut for preview mode just does not work the the indicated shortcut for some reason. i've tried other combos but nothing works. 

[Gabe 1,236]

Go to preferences > Keyboard Shortcuts > View and try to assign a different shortcut. See if that works. If it does, you might have a different system app or system shortcut that's using CTRL + W and conflicting with our shortcut. 

[matt4KHDR 1]

@GabrielM so i just tried and control + w works now. i got a new laptop since i made this post, so maybe it had something to do with that machine. to be clear, i did not get a new laptop to fix this issue LOL i was upgrading anyway. thanks for the tip though!! much appreciated.

Edited September 23, 2019 by HearIsMatt
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