Script menu questions

Dorico
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  1. Can I alter the ordering of items in the script menu? Maybe alphabetically?

  2. Can I assign a key command to a script in the script menu?

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  1. Not as far as I know. I don’t understand the ordering, myself.
  2. Yes, but not with the Key Commands interface. You have to edit your keycommands json file manually. See this thread for more info.
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Thank you for your reply, but the thread you mentioned doesn’t give a solution to my second question.
I want to create a keyboard shortcut which executes a certain script from the script menu (not the last recorded). Maybe someone else has a solution for this. Would make me very happy :wink:

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Try this thread instead. (Are you on Windows or Mac?)

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I’m on Mac. Followed your link and: I AM HAPPY!

I put this in my key commands_de.json:

"context" : "kWriteMode",
    "shortcuts" : [
    {
        "Script.RunScript?ScriptPath=/Users/hannes/Library/Application Support/Steinberg/Dorico 4/Script Plug-ins/Punktierte 8tel-16tel begradigen.lua" : [ "F16" ]
    },

This works like a charm!

Thank you!

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Also I tried the direct approach (in post #4 of that thread) for the first time today, and it works!

I suppose the only disadvantage of that is: no warning about shortcuts in use elsewhere.

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I also will use this approach on my Mac after checking wether the keyboard shortcut is already in use.