You can create your own custom keyboard shortcuts, and you can create secondary shortcuts if you need to have several different ways to perform an action. A custom shortcut set is always based on a preinstalled set.

NOTE

In Fireworks, shortcuts to tools cannot include modifier keys: Control, Shift, and Alt (Windows) or Command, Shift, Option, and Control (Macintosh). Tool shortcuts consist of a single letter or number key.

To create a custom or secondary shortcut for a menu command, tool, or miscellaneous action:

  1. Select Edit > Keyboard Shortcuts to open the Keyboard Shortcuts dialog box.
  2. Click the Duplicate Set button.
  3. Enter a name for the custom set in the Duplicate Set dialog box and click OK.

    The name of the new custom menu appears in the Current Set text box.

  4. Select the appropriate shortcut category from the Commands list:
    • Menu Commands creates a custom shortcut for any command accessed through the menu bar.
    • Tools creates a custom shortcut for any tool on the Tools panel.
    • Miscellaneous creates a custom shortcut for a range of predefined actions.

    Once selected, all possible shortcuts in the particular category appear in the Commands scroll list.

  5. Select the command whose shortcut you want to modify from the Commands list.

    If a shortcut exists, it is displayed in the Shortcuts list.

  6. Click in the Press Key text box, and press the desired keys for the new shortcut on the keyboard.

    If the key combination you select is already used by another shortcut, a warning message appears below the Press Key text box.

  7. Do one of the following:
    • Click the Add a New Shortcut (+) button to add a secondary shortcut to the shortcut list.
    • Click Change to replace the selected shortcut.