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Home	Adding keypress shortcuts

		Open the resfile display for Example 1.4
		Set the window's default input focus Open the window's main edit dbox Double-click the window's template followed by double-clicking the window which opens Select Invisible caret* as the Default input focus*
		Add a keypress shortcut to the window Double-click the window's template in the resfile display and popup the window's Edit menu. Choose the Key shortcuts* menu-entry to open the shortcuts dbox.* Select the icon marked Key and press Ctrl F Select the Show object option Create a FontDbox template (in the resfile display) and drag it to the writable icon Select the Update action button Select the OK action button Now save the resfile and run the application. Open the window (by selecting the iconbar icon) and press Ctrl F - the Font dialogue box will be displayed.
		Using a keyboard shortcut to define a menu entry This easily done by dragging the keyboard shortcut to the menu entry dialogue box. Save by pressing OK in the menu entry edit box. Selecting the menu entry is now equivalent to making the keypress Ctrl F (the menu entry will be marked accordingly).
		Worked solution