My suggestion for 24: Modernizing global keystrokes

Ty Cobb · 12-21-2022, 07:21 PM

...and adding a couple. (Windows folk say Control where I say Command)

1. Command-A should be "Select All", not "About this game".

2. Command-S should have a dual function. In traditional OOTP, it should save the game. In PT, it should submit the team. I understand there's a button to do that. Sometimes keystrokes are more convenient.

3. Command-P should link to the system printing dialogs. Having to use a web browser as an intermediary to print may have saved a ton of cash when times were tight, but as the game becomes more and more mainstream, so should its features. Printing right from the app would be a big timesaver, and would enable folks with limited memory to better operate.

4. The up and down arrow keys should function in fields to move you to the beginning and end of the field.

5. Command-N should start the process of creating a New Game in traditional OOTP.

6. The Enter key on extended keyboards is ignored. It should function the same as Return does.

7. (NEW) Command-L should log you out of PT AND submit the team.

8. (NEW) Command-T should jump you from PT to the Home Screen of the traditional OOTP game that is active, and vice versa.

9. (NEW) On multi-page listings (like the Auction House or drafts), Command-Up Arrow and Command-Down Arrow should jump forward/backwards one page. Also, the Page Up and Page Down keys on extended keyboards could be enabled for the same purpose.

10. (NEW) The Home and End keys on extended keyboards could be enabled to jump to the beginning/end of multi-page listings.

These are just a few things that have accumulated in my register as I play. Does anyone else have suggestions they'd like to add?

pgjocki · 12-21-2022, 11:39 PM

What the heck is the Command key?

Scipio Africanus · 12-22-2022, 12:23 AM

It's on Macs. Basically the same as Control (Ctrl).

Ty Cobb · 12-22-2022, 09:29 AM

Thanks, Scipio. Been speaking Apple for 40+years...tend to forget how to speak Windows...and Linux, no clue. Will edit...

Ty Cobb · 12-26-2022, 01:39 PM

ping

Ty Cobb · 01-06-2023, 11:41 AM

ping

Syd Thrift · 01-06-2023, 12:03 PM

I don't really feel the need for nor particularly want a "print" macro, owing to it being 2023. I like implementing Ctrl-A and some of the other more common keystrokes though. To some extent the GUI they use (from PISD?) isn't completely built for stuff like shift-clicking or ctrl-clicking to mass select since selects on most screens is a toggle, but thinking about it, that would still be a nice add if it's not too much work.

Yarideki · 01-06-2023, 11:24 PM

I feel embarrassed to admit the amount of times I have tried to ctrl+s before realizing that such does not work in ootp.

mytreds · 01-09-2023, 12:56 AM

Alt-f4 for when your closer blows a three run lead

Mat · 01-09-2023, 02:41 AM

I would love page up/page down to switch between roster lists for MLB, AAA, AA, etc.

Ty Cobb · 01-13-2023, 09:40 AM

Ping

Ty Cobb · 01-18-2023, 10:34 AM

Let's get some more voting here!

tonnage · 01-18-2023, 11:50 AM

I thought I read here somewhere that -/+ keys will zoom you in and out of the field view? Never tried it but that would be cool if it did.

View Poll Results: Which Key Options would you like? Vote for as many as you wish.
Cmd-A as select all	14	58.33%
Cmd-S as save/submit	14	58.33%
Cmd-P as Print	7	29.17%
Up/Down Arrows	16	66.67%
Cmd-N as New Game	7	29.17%
Enter Key on Extended KB's	6	25.00%
Cmd-L as Logout and Submit	5	20.83%
Cmd-T as Switch from PT to Regular OOTP	3	12.50%
Cmd-Up/Down Arrows	9	37.50%
Home/End	12	50.00%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 24. You may not vote on this poll

12-21-2022, 07:21 PM	#1
Ty Cobb Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Grayling, MI Posts: 4,582	My suggestion for 24: Modernizing global keystrokes ...and adding a couple. (Windows folk say Control where I say Command) 1. Command-A should be "Select All", not "About this game". 2. Command-S should have a dual function. In traditional OOTP, it should save the game. In PT, it should submit the team. I understand there's a button to do that. Sometimes keystrokes are more convenient. 3. Command-P should link to the system printing dialogs. Having to use a web browser as an intermediary to print may have saved a ton of cash when times were tight, but as the game becomes more and more mainstream, so should its features. Printing right from the app would be a big timesaver, and would enable folks with limited memory to better operate. 4. The up and down arrow keys should function in fields to move you to the beginning and end of the field. 5. Command-N should start the process of creating a New Game in traditional OOTP. 6. The Enter key on extended keyboards is ignored. It should function the same as Return does. 7. (NEW) Command-L should log you out of PT AND submit the team. 8. (NEW) Command-T should jump you from PT to the Home Screen of the traditional OOTP game that is active, and vice versa. 9. (NEW) On multi-page listings (like the Auction House or drafts), Command-Up Arrow and Command-Down Arrow should jump forward/backwards one page. Also, the Page Up and Page Down keys on extended keyboards could be enabled for the same purpose. 10. (NEW) The Home and End keys on extended keyboards could be enabled to jump to the beginning/end of multi-page listings. These are just a few things that have accumulated in my register as I play. Does anyone else have suggestions they'd like to add? __________________ "You could not live with your own failure. Where did that bring you? Back to me." Thanos Last edited by Ty Cobb; 12-22-2022 at 09:30 AM.

12-21-2022, 11:39 PM	#2
pgjocki All Star Starter Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Maryland - just outside DC Posts: 1,590	What the heck is the Command key? __________________ - - - World Series championships: 1926, 1931, 1934, 1942, 1944, 1946, 1964, 1967, 1982, 2006, 2011

12-22-2022, 09:29 AM	#4
Ty Cobb Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Grayling, MI Posts: 4,582	Thanks, Scipio. Been speaking Apple for 40+years...tend to forget how to speak Windows...and Linux, no clue. Will edit... __________________ "You could not live with your own failure. Where did that bring you? Back to me." Thanos

12-26-2022, 01:39 PM	#5
Ty Cobb Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Grayling, MI Posts: 4,582	ping __________________ "You could not live with your own failure. Where did that bring you? Back to me." Thanos

12-22-2022, 12:23 AM	#3
Scipio Africanus Major Leagues Join Date: Jun 2019 Posts: 374	It's on Macs. Basically the same as Control (Ctrl).

01-06-2023, 11:41 AM	#6
Ty Cobb Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Grayling, MI Posts: 4,582	ping __________________ "You could not live with your own failure. Where did that bring you? Back to me." Thanos

01-06-2023, 11:24 PM	#8
Yarideki Minors (Double A) Join Date: Mar 2016 Posts: 162	I feel embarrassed to admit the amount of times I have tried to ctrl+s before realizing that such does not work in ootp.

01-09-2023, 12:56 AM	#9
mytreds All Star Starter Join Date: Nov 2019 Posts: 1,182	Alt-f4 for when your closer blows a three run lead __________________ “Baseball isn’t statistics; it’s Joe DiMaggio rounding second.” “Once, centuries ago, it was the beloved national pastime of the Americas, Wesley. Abandoned by a society that prized fast food and faster games. Lost to impatience.” “ The term ‘WAR’ should be replaced by ‘WAG’. WAR isn’t an actual measurement; it’s just a wild-ass guess” -Bill James RIP National League 1876-2022 Floreat semper vel invita morte. I make custom ballparks.

01-09-2023, 02:41 AM	#10
Mat All Star Reserve Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Australia Posts: 652	I would love page up/page down to switch between roster lists for MLB, AAA, AA, etc.

01-13-2023, 09:40 AM	#11
Ty Cobb Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Grayling, MI Posts: 4,582	Ping __________________ "You could not live with your own failure. Where did that bring you? Back to me." Thanos

01-18-2023, 10:34 AM	#12
Ty Cobb Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Grayling, MI Posts: 4,582	Let's get some more voting here! __________________ "You could not live with your own failure. Where did that bring you? Back to me." Thanos

01-18-2023, 11:50 AM	#13
tonnage Major Leagues Join Date: Dec 2020 Location: Stony Plain, Alberta Posts: 490	I thought I read here somewhere that -/+ keys will zoom you in and out of the field view? Never tried it but that would be cool if it did.