Re: Window Next

Use Windows Feature Category and:
Next Open Window
Previous Open Window

Window Next and Window Previous are assigned to two function keys.  I 
would like to assign them to two other keys.  But none of the feature 
categories contain these functions so I can't assign them to another 
function key.  Any suggestion, short of using them where they are assigned.

Raymond Woller

> Kenneth Hobson wrote:
>>
>> Use Windows Feature Category and:
>> Next Open Window
>> Previous Open Window

So much for memory, I meant:
Next Open Document
Previous Open Document

Raymond Woller wrote:
> There is no such feature in the Windows Feature Category, only Next Open 
> Document and next Pane and similarly for Previous.  They don't quite 
> work the same way as Next Open Window, which is on F6-Alt.

Why do you say that?  They work exactly the same.  Pane works 
differently of course.  If they don't work the same for you, please give 
steps to duplicate.

Note that if you record Alt+F6 and it has the default, Window Next, it 
generates the obsolete WindowNext().  Instead, use DocNext() and 
similarly for the other.

Kenneth Hobson wrote:
> 
> Use Windows Feature Category and:
> Next Open Window
> Previous Open Window
> 
There is no such feature in the Windows Feature Category, only Next Open 
Document and next Pane and similarly for Previous.  They don't quite 
work the same way as Next Open Window, which is on F6-Alt.

The order of documents to switch to varies by how and where you open 
documents.  It may make sense one time but another time it will reverse 
or jump around.  Try opening various documents.  Close one in the middle 
and then open another. You should notice that Alt+F6, the default Window 
Next, moves in a certain way for those documents.  Note the order and do 
it until you see the pattern.  This pattern will not be the same for 
other open document scenarios.  Now try moving to the Next Open Document 
with the same documents using that method. They will be the same.

In one of my tests, Doc1, Doc3, Doc4, Doc2, Doc1... was the pattern.

So, what you expect to happen and what actually happens is different. 
If you need a certain behavior, you will need to explain what it is you 
want to happen.  Explain the steps to reproduce.  That is if you want 
help to get what you want.  Otherwise, you have to live by the rules 
setup by default which may be fine most of the time.