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Improved keyboard navigation in Parameters window

Improved keyboard navigation in Parameters window

Parameter creation and management is a spreadsheet-like task that would benefit greatly from efficient keyboard navigation. Unfortunately, the Parameters dialog is hampered by a variety of issues that make keyboard navigation practically impossible.

 

I would like for these issues to be addressed so we can be more productive when creating and modifying parameters.

 

Some of the issues that need fixing:

 

  • Add a keyboard shortcut for creating a new Parameter, and other commands
  • Fix keyboard navigation within the parameters table.
    • After opening the Parameters table, the focus is on the "Model Parameters" group header, and you can't tab or arrow-key into the table itself.
    • After creating or renaming a parameter and then hitting "Enter", tab/arrow-key navigation within the parameters table does not work.
    • When a parameter row is selected (for example, after escaping out of a Name/Equation edit), I would like to be able to hit "Delete" to delete the selected parameter.
    • The up/down arrow-keys work within the Name and Equation columns to navigate between parameters, but it skips Text and True/False parameters.
    • Hitting tab in most columns takes you out of the table rather than to the next cell.
    • Hitting tab while a dropdown is selected (multi-value parameter or True/False parameter) doesn't do anything.
    • Support Ctrl+Backspace to delete the previous full word in the Equation box.
  • Fix keyboard navigation within Unit Type dialog
    • Keyboard navigation of the units tree (e.g. up/down to go between unit categories, and left/right to expand/collapse a category) is not feasible, because the focus returns to the Unit Specification text box after every key press.
    • Hitting "Escape" while the Unit Type dialog is open closes the Parameters window completely, rather than just the Unit Type window. (the same goes for the "Purge Unused" dialog.)
  • Use "Ctrl+Enter" to close window.
    • This should work even when a parameter Name/Equation field is active.

 

If I missed any, please add them in the comments below.

1 Comment
Eide.N
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I agree, making this more like a spreadsheet would be wonderful. (e.g. Changing units is an infuriating affair.)

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