Manage Tools Picks a New Launcher Shortcut Despite it Was Rejected

[Arthur]

Well I was trying to cope with my refactoring assignment using AutoHotKey and followed an excellent article by Stefan (http://forum.hippoedit.com/index.php/topic,383.0.html)
here is what I found at the very end of setting the whole thing:
I will try to explain in as many details as possible that if I create a tool launcher shortcut (image #1 is where I ended initially up) and decline the option to substitute it, the new key assignment will still be assigned.
So let's use image 1 as a starting point. Then I assign F6 as a command to execute the script (image 2) and modify the description. Click on OK, and a message box comes (image 3) telling me that this key has been already used up, so naturally my response is to click on NO. You are not being returned to the tool management main window. Click on OK.
Then if you drop down the tools menu you image 4 - F6 is assigned and works.

Oh, and another finding - how the clear out the Shortcut text box to not to have any assignment at all? In my case it kept placing whatever I typed in?

[Arthur]

I have just found how to clear the Shortcut text box out - it is by pressing on the Alt key. As simple as that 
However, I found another deficiency - if one chooses to type the Win key it will display it then as a square beside in the menu item.
And finally a suggestion: the full path is not seen if it is too long, possible a tool tip expanding it in full would help (image below).

[alex]

Hello Arthur,

I think with shortcuts it works as designed (but maybe not as expected ). You have global shortcuts (in Keyboard settings) working for all syntaxes and local, syntax dependent. Tools and template shortcuts are local shortcuts. Local shortcuts have priority over global shortcut. So generally you can asssign both. Just then global shortcut would be ignored for syntaxes  where local used.

So in your case, when you answer:
Yes - you remove global shortcut and assign local. Dialog closed.
No - you leave global shortcut as it is and assign local. Dialog Closed.
Cancel - Dialog is not closed and you can change a shortcut.

To clean shortcut box you can use double Esc.

With the Full path, it is not only full path it any current value of template tag. I do not know how big it can be.. So I whould set a limit.
And with a tooltip... This is a good idea but I am not contoling menues (only drawing) and it would be rather difficult to add a tooltip. But I would
keep this in mind.

Best regards,
Alex.