Vitamin-R Help

  Vitamin-R Icon   D. Customize Keyboard Access
 

Vitamin-R allows you to access all its functionality without taking your hands off the keyboard. The keyboard access features fall into three categories:

  • keyboard shortcuts from within Vitamin-R
  • support for Mac OS X’s Full Keyboard Access feature
  • global keyboard shortcuts that are available from within all applications
  • A number of keyboard shortcuts allow you to easily navigate the pop-up window interface and can really speed up your use of Vitamin-R.

    The most important shortcuts are ⌘← and ⌘→, which take you to the previous and next screens, respectively. The ⎋ key will hide Vitamin-R from most dialogs. The ⌘↑ shortcut will bring up the “Gear” menu. To toggle Vitamin-R visibility, use ⌃R.

    Within each screen, pressing the ⇥ key will take you to the next interface control (text field, button, etc.), and ⇧⇥ will take you to the previous field. When you are working in a text field, however, the ⇥ key behaves normally. To escape this mode and move on to the next control, use ⌃⇥. To move to the previous control from a text field, use ⌃⇧⇥.

    To be able to tab through all controls, you will need to switch on Full Keyboard Access. To do so:  ⇒ System Preferences ⇒ Keyboard ⇒ Keyboard Shortcuts ⇒ All Controls (in the Full Keyboard Access section near the bottom of the window.

    Global shortcuts are available for the most frequent actions, such as starting, pausing, and ending a time slice; starting a timed break; and bringing up the Now & Later Board. These global shortcuts can be customized in Vitamin-R’s preference panes.

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