Keyboard shortcut

[Guus]

Is it possible to make a new keyboard shortcut in Affinity Publisher?  So not change an existing shortcut but make a new one.

[walt.farrell]

Welcome to the Serif Affinity forums.

It depends on what you want to make a shortcut for.

Some functions have shortcuts defined. Some that are defined can be changed.

Some do not have shortcuts defined, but allow you to define a shortcut.

For others, there is no shortcut and you cannot define one.

[carl123]

13 hours ago, Guus said:

So not change an existing shortcut but make a new one.

If you mean assign 2 different shortcuts to the same function, in general I do not think that is possible but I can see how it could be useful

 

[Guus]

What I want is a shortcut for the Eurosign. In almost all programs you can use control-alt-5. In Affinity you have to go in the menu or you have to use alt 0128. 

It is more convenient if you can use a real shortcut for the Eurosign.

[walt.farrell]

59 minutes ago, Guus said:

In Affinity you have to go in the menu or you have to use alt 0128. 

What menu entry will let you insert a Euro sign? I don't see that, but if it exists that might give you a way to set a shortcut.

[Wosven]

This isn't an application level shortcut, but an OS shortcut. You'll have to use a program to map this new shortcut for your keyboard, or an application like WinCompose on Windows, unless APub add this symbol to the insert menu.

On the French keyboard, AltGr+E is the shortcut for €.

[Guus]

walt.farrell,     go to View, than to Studio, than to Glyph Browser,

than Currency Symbols, than select €.

Can I use this for a kind of Hotkey?

 

[walt.farrell]

5 minutes ago, Guus said:

walt.farrell,     go to View, than to Studio, than to Glyph Browser,

than Currency Symbols, than select €.

Can I use this for a kind of Hotkey?

 

Thanks. And no, you can't. Personally, I would use Alt+0128 on the numeric keypad. Or find another application to assist, as Wosven suggested.

[Guus]

OK, Alt+0128 seems the best way.

Thank you all for the answers.

[Wosven]

If you keyboard is one of the Qwerty ones that use ctrl+alt+5 to write "€", perhaps the problem is reversed.

Did you tried searching Affinity shortcuts to find if ctrl+alt+5 is assigned to something else? If so, you'll have to reasign this one to free ctrl+alt+5.

[Guus]

After trying a lot I found that the right Alt +5 gives me the €. Real supprise for me.....

But this is a good solution for me. On my Qwerty keybord the combination ctrl+alt+5 is not working in Affinity Publisher. For all the other programs I use (and that is a lot) there is no problem.

 

[R C-R]

FWIW, on Macs with U.S. keyboards the combination of shift, option, & the 2 key enters the "€" character. This works in almost all apps, the Affinity ones included.