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How to set a funckey to submenu item in Allegro / PCB designer ?

nutron

I am trying to set up a funckey in the env file to point to a submenu item.

I am trying to assign the "d" key to point to the "Setup>Areas>package Height"  submenu item.

I did this in the env file : funckey d "Package Height"   , but PCB designer can not find it.

How can i make a keyboard shortcut to a submenu item ?

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  • DavidJHutchins

    I'm not sure you can create a funckey definition point to a submenu

    however the actual command you want the funckey to run is 'package_height'

    funckey d "package_height"

  • nutron
    in reply to DavidJHutchins

    Thank you , that worked.

    I didn't put in the underscore.

    The odd thing is that i created another shortcut this way : funckey p "shape edit boundary" without underscores and it worked. So i assumed it would be the same for the package height function.

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  • nutron
    in reply to DavidJHutchins

    Thank you , that worked.

    I didn't put in the underscore.

    The odd thing is that i created another shortcut this way : funckey p "shape edit boundary" without underscores and it worked. So i assumed it would be the same for the package height function.

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  • DavidJHutchins
    in reply to nutron

    Most of the Allegro commands use spaces in the command names, but a few use _ instead

    I always use 'helpcmd' to see what the actual command name is before referencing it in an alias or menu entry...

  • nutron
    in reply to DavidJHutchins

    Fantastic. I was looking for a list of commands.

    I found a document by cadence that is giving a few examples of funckey commands , but i haven't found anything that explains the command syntax for more complex keystrokes.

    Do you know by chance if there is such a tutorial or document existing?

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