Dropper . . .

[goldste4]

Hello All,

Quick question: is there anyway to set up a keyboard shortcut for the 'dropper'. I can't seem to locate it in the menus and no menu location is mentioned in the manual as far as I can tell.

Thanks,
Josh

[Hamid]

There does not seem to be a keyboard shortcut that will make the Dropper behave as it does. However, the features of the Dropper are available with the shortcuts Command-alt-c which copies the attributes of a selection just like when you make a selection and press the Dropper.

Then to transfer the attributes gathered by Command-alt-c to another selection, press Command-alt-v

The only difference is that instead of dragging the mouse to make a selection and transferring the attributes at the same time, you have to make a selection first and then press Command-alt-v

[goldste4]

Hello Hamid,

Thanks for the helpful information. Unfortunately, I need the ability to 'paint' the attributes onto the text (basically highlighting a lot of non-consecutive words which I use in my lectures) using a tablet and stylus. The dropper generally works fine, but is a bit sensitive (or, I'm a bit clumsy), and it often 'empties' when I don't mean for it to, and I have to 'refill' frequently. That was why I hoped there might be a short-cut for it—or someway to paint selected character styles.

Josh

[Hamid]

After gathering the attributes with Command-alt-c, if you hold Command and drag the mouse, you can have multiple non-contiguous selections.
Then press Command-alt-v to transfer the attributes to the multiple selections.
To select non-contiguous individual words, hold Command and double-click the individual words.

[exegete77]

Hello Hamid,

Thanks for the helpful information. Unfortunately, I need the ability to 'paint' the attributes onto the text (basically highlighting a lot of non-consecutive words which I use in my lectures) using a tablet and stylus. The dropper generally works fine, but is a bit sensitive (or, I'm a bit clumsy), and it often 'empties' when I don't mean for it to, and I have to 'refill' frequently. That was why I hoped there might be a short-cut for it—or someway to paint selected character styles.

Josh

If you hold the CMD (apple) key while clicking on the dropper to paste format, then you don't have to refill it each time.