This topic describes all menu commands, shortcut keys and their usage.
Menu Item | Default Shortcut Key | Description |
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File | ||
Open Original | Shift+Ctrl+O | Prompts for the original as well as the translation file and loads them into the listview. If you have previous loaded files that have been modified, you wil be prompted to save before the new file(s) are loaded. |
Save Original | Ctrl+Shift+S | Saves the original file |
Save Original As... | Saves the original file using a different name | |
New translation | Ctrl+N | Creates a new translation file with the same sections and items as the original |
Open Translation | Ctrl+O | Opens a file in the translation column without reloading the original file |
Save Translation | Ctrl+S | Save the edits to the translation file |
Save Translation As... | Save the translation to a file with another name | |
Preferences | Alt+Enter | Displays the Preferences dialog |
Import... | Displayed if any import plugins are installed | |
Export.. | Displayed if any export plugins are installed | |
Preferences | Alt+Enter | Displays the preferences dialog |
Reopen | Displays a menu of recently opened files. The list displays both the original and the translation file | |
Reopen - Clear | Clears the list of recently opened files | |
Reopen - Remove invalid | Removes files from the recently opened files list that are no longer available on the system | |
Exit | Alt+F4 | Closes the program. If you have modified the translation file you will be prompted to save before exiting. |
Edit | ||
Undo | Ctrl+Z | Reverts the last edit change |
Cut | Ctrl+X | Cuts selected text to clipboard |
Copy | Ctrl+C | Copies the selected text to the clipboard |
Copy from Original | Ctrl+Shift+C | Copies the current original text into the translation |
Copy from Name | Ctrl+Shift+M | Copies the current name into the translation |
Paste | Ctrl+V | Paste text from the clipboard into the current location |
Find | Ctrl+F | Display a search dialog |
Find Next | F3 | Continues a search without showing the dialog. If no search is in progress, works the same as Find |
Replace | Ctrl+H | Displays a search and replace dialog |
Toggle Focus | F6 | Toggles focus between the list and the translation editor |
Actions | ||
Spelling... | F7 | Displays the spell check dialog |
Previous | Ctrl+Up | Moves to the previous item in the list |
Next | Ctrl+Down | Moves to the next item in the list |
Prev untranslated | Ctrl+Shift+U | Moves to the previous untranslated item (if there is one) |
Next untranslated | Ctrl+U | Moves to the next untranslated item (if there is one) |
Use this translation everywhere | Ctrl+Shift+H | Uses the current translation to translate all other matching items even if they have already been translated |
Make all translations consistent | Makes sure that all identical originals uses the same identical translation | |
Restore original sort | Ctrl+Shift+R | Restores sorting to the original file order: You can sort the items by clicking on the list columns and later restore the original sort order by pressing Ctrl+Shift+R or click the "#" column. The order of items when you save is always in file order regardless of the current sorting in the list. |
Trim... | Ctr+Shift+T | Displays the trim dialog |
Toggle Bookmark (0..9) | Ctrl+Shift+0..Ctrl+Shift+9 | Toggles a bookmark on or off |
Goto Bookmark (0..9) | Ctrl+0..Ctrl+9 | Select item where bookmark is located |
Configure Keyboard... | Displays a dialog where you can change the shortcut keys for the commands in the program. Shortcuts are saved in a file named translator.alf in the application folder | |
View | ||
Next unmatched shortcut | F8 | Jumps to the next item where the presence of a shortcut key ('&') is different between original and translation |
Next suspicious translation | Shift+F8 |
Searches for an item that matches any of the conditions set up in the configuration dialog (see next item) |
Configure suspicious translations | Alt+F8 | Displays a dialog that allows you to configure how "Next suspicious translation" operates |
Show Quotes | Ctrl+Q | Encloses strings in quotes when editing them. This aids in seeing whitespace at the beginning and end of the string and also prevents the program from automatically trimming trailing spaces. The quotes are not included in the actual string when it is saved |
Show Key Details | Ctrl+D | Displays a panel with details about the Section and Name of the currently selected item |
View Comments | Ctrl+M | Shows/hides a separate window that displays any available comments for the currently selected item |
View Orphaned Items | Displays a dialog with items found in the translation file that wasn't found in the original file. You can copy an item from the list to the Clipboard by right-clicking an item and selecting "Copy" (or press Ctrl+C). | |
Tools | Shows or hides the Tools toolbar. You can also drag the Tools toolbar off its docking area and click the close button to hide it. | |
Full screen | F11 | Toggles full screen display |
Dictionary | ||
New Dictionary... | Ctrl+Alt+N | Creates a new or adds new items to the currently loaded dictionary |
Load Dictionary... | Ctrl+Alt+O | Loads a previously saved dictionary |
Save Dictionary... | Ctrl+Alt+S | Saves the current dictionary to a file |
Translate using Dictionary | Ctrl+Alt+T | Displays a translation dialog |
Add to Dictionary | Ctrl+Alt+A | Adds the current Original/Translation pair to the dictionary. If either Original or Translation is empty, nothing happens. I fOriginal exists, the Translation is added as an alternate translation. The order of Original and Translation is automatically adjusted when the dictionary is inverted |
Edit Dictionary... | Ctrl+Alt+E | Displays the edit dictionary dialog |
Invert Dictionary | Ctrl+Alt+I | Inverts the dictionary, i.e an english - german dictionary becomes a german-english dictionary |
Plugins | ||
Plugin menu item | Displays one or more plugin menu items. Click an item to execute the plugin. If there are no plugins, the plugin menu is not visible at all | |
Tools | ||
Customize... | Displays the External Tools dialog | |
Help | ||
Help | F1 | Displays this help document in the default viewer |
About... | Displays a dialog with copyright notice, version information and credits |
Menu Item | Default Shortcut Key | Description |
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Copy from Original | Ctrl+Shift+C | Copies the current original text into the translation |
Copy from Name | Ctrl+Shift+M | Copies the current name into the translation |
Add to Dictionary | Ctrl+Alt+A | Adds the current item to the dictionary (for details, see Main Menu description above) |
Next untranslated | Ctrl+U | Moves to the next untranslated item (if there is one) |
Prev untranslated | Ctrl+Shift+U | Moves to the previous untranslated item (if there is one) |
Clear all translations | Ctrl+Shift+Del | Sets all items in the translation to an empty string. |
Use this translation everywhere | Ctrl+Shift+H | Uses the current translation to translate all other matching original items (works like Replace All) |
Translated | Ctrl+T | Indicates whether the item has been translated or not. CLick to toggle indicator on/off. |
Add Item... | Ctrl+Ins | Adds a new item to both original and translation. |
Edit Item... | Shift+Ins | Edit both original and translation of the current item. |
Delete Item... | Ctrl+Del | Deletes the current item in both original and translation. |
Menu Item | Default Shortcut Key | Description |
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Undo | Ctrl+Z | Reverts the last edit change |
Cut | Ctrl+X | Cuts selected text to clipboard |
Copy | Ctrl+C | Copies the selected text to the clipboard |
Paste | Ctrl+V | Paste text from the clipboard into the current location |
Use translation everywhere | Ctrl+Shift+H | Uses the current translation to translate all other matching items even if they are already translated |
Select All | Ctrl+A | Selects all the text in the field |
ASCII Value(s) | Ctrl+I | Displays a dialog with the currently selected text converted to hex and also displays the key sequence needed to enter the text on the numeric keyboard |
Dictionary | Displays a submenu with the first translation found in the dictionary for the currently selected word in either the Original or the Translation field. If no translation is found, the submenu displays "(none)". Click on the submenu to replace the current selection in the Translation field. |