Custom Shortcuts
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Hi,
according to this blog: https://webdevolutions.blob.core.windows.net/blog/pdf/custom-shortcut-now-available-in-remote-desktop-manager-for-mac.pdf custom shortcuts are available in RDM. However, what I apparently still cannot do is assign a shortcut to a specific Macro . Or to a credential item to insert a password in a session.
Passwords are used very often inside sessions, like for use with sudo commands for example, and since pwd requirements are getting more and more complex it would be great to be able to insert it just with a shortcut.
I added a shortcut to 'execute macro' in the user settings, but I cannot assign a specific item to this, so it does nothing.
Am I missing something? if not, this would seriously save time and frustration.
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Hi,
This is indeed not a supported scenario.
We handle shortcuts in the default manner of a macOS application, i.e. by assigning them to menu items in the main menu. Macro and Credentials are dynamic components that can change, be deleted, become unavailable when one changes the selected data source or vault.
We'd need to monitor all key presses and compare it to a dynamic list of shortcuts, and this is simply not supported at the moment in RDM.
This is not simple request. I'll open a ticket, but cannot offer any ETA.
Best regards,
Xavier Fortin
Thx for the reply.
I am pretty new at MacOS, so to ben honest, I do not know of a preferred manner yet ;)
However, as a suggestion in between: Why not make a pop-up window (which also can be reached via the menu). This window contains an arbitrary runlet. I mean, it is a list of things a user want to be able to easily insert/run (macro/snippet/whatever). In that case there is just one shortcut to assign. Then a small pop-up comes op, the user picks an entry with keyboard (arrows and enter) or mouse, popup vanishes and the command/text/whatever is inserted.
Another possible thing is to limit the list of possible shortcuts to the maximum number of 12, namelijk just <ctrl>+<option>+<F-key>
In that case no unlimited number of possibilities to detect.
Cheers,
We already have a Find Quickly window (⌘⌥F). Maybe this looks a bit like what you would want? At the moment, the only thing it does is focus the selected entry in the tree view. But it is currently being edited to show actions such as copy Username/Password. Maybe we could add a setting for the selection in this window to do something else (e.g. execute the entry)?
Best regards,
Xavier Fortin
Seems like a plan :-)
Alright, I've added a note to the ticket to improve the Find Quickly window.
Best regards,
Xavier Fortin