Add Alt + F7 as shortcut to an action in Netbeans platform

Question

I am developing a programming tool on the Netbeans Platform. In that, I have an action to find usages and I want to add Alt + F7 as a shortcut to fire my action. I have implemented this for Alt + F3 and some other shortcuts.

But in this case, Alt + F7 is already used in the Netbeans Platform to find usages.

How can I override Alt + F7 ?

Here is what I have already done:

@ActionRegistration(displayName = "#CTL_FindUsagesAction")
@ActionReferences(value = {
    @ActionReference(path = "Shortcuts", name = "A-F7"),

What about if you change Alt + F7 to another key code that is an unused character and then use the changeable key. or by coding prevent Alt + F7 and map it to another character and then use the other characters. — I_Al-thamary, Dec 29 '18 at 13:56

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 26 '18 at 22:02

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You could try to disable or change the shortcut using alt + f7 via a custom keymap.

Tools>Options>Keymap

http://wiki.netbeans.org/Keyboard_Shortcuts

answered Dec 26 '18 at 22:02

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yeah, that is true. But that is from the customers' side. What I want to do is make it a default shortcut – Gihan Saranga Siriwardhana Dec 28 '18 at 15:49

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 30 '18 at 05:28

You can follow the following link where you can remove or add keymap for the project itself. Another suggestion, you can prevent Alt + F7 character when keypress and map it to another character and then use the other characters.

Source:https://ui.netbeans.org/docs/ui/keymap_option_panel/

Read also this:https://netbeans.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=249671

Add Alt + F7 as shortcut to an action in Netbeans platform

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