Keyboard shortcut to rename collections (like F2 in windows)

Matt Jans · May 31, 2014

F2 in windows is a great general purpose kb shortcut that means "enter the highlighted thing to edit it". I use it all the time to rename folders so I don't have to go to the mouse, right click, choose rename, etc.

Can you assign F2 to be able to do this for renaming collections ("folders")? Or can you create another shortcut that does the same thing?

Does anyone have a work-around?

Thanks

adamsmith · May 31, 2014

Rename shortcuts have been discussed before (F2 isn't used for rename on Mac, so it's not an entirely obvious choice), so they might happen at some point, but likely not very soon.
The obvious workaround on Windows and Linux is Menu key (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menu_key ) --> down, down--> return.
It's also likely possible to figure out the name of the function in Zotero and implement a custom shortcut using keyconfig, but someone would have to dig the function name up from the code.

dstillman · May 31, 2014

https://forums.zotero.org/discussion/36490/keyboard-shortcut-for-edit-title/