Upgrade TortoiseSVN, switch shortcut key for OK
Since this caught me a little by surprise, it probably will catch someone else. Here’s a tip: The shortcut key for the “OK” button is:
CTRL+ENTER
When on the commit dialog, I often only use the keyboard. I try to stay away from the mouse as much as possible. I type the commit message, toggle ALT+A for selecting all files that were chanted (to get non-versioned files as well), and then I was so used to hitting ALT+O because the “O” in “OK” was a hot letter.
I upgraded to TortoiseSVN 1.6.2, and ALT+O didn’t work anymore. It may have been in the release notes, who knows, but I found out, quite by accident that CTRL+ENTER keeps my fingers on the keyboard. I’m sure one of you commenting will let me know that this is some old, universally-known truth, but it’s news to me. In case it helps someone else, here it is. . . and here is the version of TortoiseSVN I’m on now.
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Comments
alberto said on 6.18.2009 at 12:08 PM
Yeah, it's always been there. :D
Ted said on 6.18.2009 at 12:14 PM
Be careful if you are still using Subversion 1.5 servers and committing. 1.6 clients are not backwards compatible with 1.5 servers. I really do not like the Tortoise guys pushing this update through the automatic update system for 1.5 because of this.
Jeremy Skinner said on 6.18.2009 at 1:23 PM
I had exactly the same problem a few weeks ago. Took me a good few days to figure out that ctrl+enter would work. I can't see any good reason for alt+o to be removed though.
Harry S. said on 6.18.2009 at 4:11 PM
As far as I know, this works on most dialogs. Enter is the typical shortcut key for the default button on a dialog, except when you are in a multiline textbox. In that case Enter will insert a newline while CTRL+Enter will activate the default button. In either event ESC will always perform the Cancel button.