[RWP] Creating functions?

[Indigo]

It is very simple, but whether you can do the double click move on the 
mac's screenreader I don't know.
Here are the steps to chain any number of actions together.
First, let us all get the term right, it's actions, not functions, okay?
1. to chain actions open the actions list with F4.
2. Click enter on New.
3. You're in the edit field to name your new custom action, so type in a 
name.
4. Tab down to the word List, which is the main actions list.
Before you clicked on New; you could have narrowed which actions are 
displayed in this List by typing in search terms, or selecting one of 
the sublists; but for this step-by-step, it doesn't matter.
5. Arrow to one of the actions; doesn't matter which one for this exercise.
6. However you need to do it for your particular screenreader, route the 
focus over to your numberPad and do whatever it takes to double-click; 
at your number pad; on  the action you selected in the previous step.
With NVDA I use the NVDA key plus the numberPad enter key to achieve the 
double-click
7. go back to the arrow keys and arrow to another action.
8. repeat your screenreader moves which route focus to your number pad 
and do a double-click on the second action at your numPad.
9. Now, if you tab down 1 space, you'll find that List 2; which 
previously said Drag actions here; now contains the 2 actions you just 
selected by double-clicking on them at your number pad.
10. You can continue to chain as many actions as you like.
While still in the custom actions dialog; you can also place checkmarks 
on a couple of options, like display the custom action in the Reaper 
standard actions list.
When you've finished your chaining and checkmarking options, tab down to 
OK and press enter.
11. To provide a single shortcut or control surface control to trigger 
the entire chain of actions, tab to Add; and press enter.
You'll be prompted to either type in a qwerty shortcut, or to wiggle a 
control on your control surface.
12. After providing a shortcut, tab to where you can run the custom 
action you just created, or to click enter on Close, to exit from the 
actions dialog and return to track view.
Indi









On 9/12/2013 1:21 PM, Monkey Pusher wrote:
> On the mac, i had to click and drag. Think Indie said it was similar
> for windows screen readers.
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> On 9/12/13, Goldfinga Productions <goldfingas at gmail.com> wrote:
>> now to move them, do I just hit enter on the action I want to add to the
>> list?
>> On Sep 10, 2013, at 9:32 PM, TheOreoMonster <monkeypusher69 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
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>>> It sounds like what you are looking to do is create a custom action. You
>>> can say create new actions as in add functionality that isn't there yet,
>>> sans having doe programming chops perhaps. What you can however do is
>>> chain to gather actions that are already available to you.  for example I
>>> have one that will set the end point and automatically select all items on
>>> selected track in time selection with just one keystroke.  Sorry i am on
>>> the mac so can't give you reaaccess keyboard shortcuts and windows screen
>>> reader specific directions, but the basic just is this. Bring up the
>>> actions list, navigate to where it says custom action and click the new
>>> button. You will then get an empty box to the right of a box with all your
>>> available actions in it. An edit field to name the action and an edit
>>> field to search through the available actions so u don't have to scroll
>>> through that massive list.  Find the actions u want and move them into the
>>> empty box in the order in which you want the actions performed. once done,
>>> navigate to where you can assign a keyboard shortcut and choose whether it
>>> shows up in the regular actions list or not. Search the group for custom
>>> actions as i did a fairly long and more in-depth write up on this a couple
>>> months ago.
>>> On Sep 10, 2013, at 4:37 PM, Goldfinga Productions <goldfingas at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> As the subject says, how do I go about creating functions to add to the
>>>> functions list? is there a way to also automate functions together to
>>>> make a type of batch process? I am tryinng to cut down on the keystrokes.
>>>> I think Keven Reeves was asking something like this a while back, but I
>>>> don't remember if anyone came up with anything. lol. I think that was the
>>>> three that got kind of long. I do remember something like that though. I
>>>> was just wondering how easy or hard it is to create custom functions?
>>>> Thanks for any help…
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>>>>
>>>> GF
>>>>
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