<shortcut>

Description

Specifies a keyboard shortcut in the menus.xml file.

Attributes

key, {app}, {platform}, {file}, {arguments}, {command}, id, {name}
  • key The key combination that activates the keyboard shortcut. For syntax details, see .
  • app The name of the application in which the shortcut is available. Not currently used.
  • platform Specifies that the shortcut works only on the indicated platform. Valid values are "win" and "mac". If you do not specify this attribute, the shortcut works on both platforms.
  • file The path to a file containing the JavaScript code that Adobe Dreamweaver executes when you use the keyboard shortcut. The file attribute overrides the command attribute. You must specify either file or command for each shortcut.
  • arguments Provides arguments for Adobe Dreamweaver to pass to the code in the JavaScript file that you specify in the file attribute. Enclose arguments in single quotation marks ('), inside the double quotation marks (") used to delimit an attribute's value.
  • command The JavaScript code that Adobe Dreamweaver executes when you use the keyboard shortcut. Specify either file or command for each shortcut.
  • id A unique identifier for a shortcut.
  • name A name for the command executed by the keyboard shortcut, in the style of a menu command name. For example, the name attribute for the F12 shortcut is "Preview in Primary Browser".

Contents

None (empty tag).

Container

This tag must be contained in a shortcutlist tag.

Example

<shortcut key="Cmd+Shift+Z" file="Menus/MM/Edit_Clipboard.htm"arguments="'redo'" id="DWShortcuts_Edit_Redo" />