How can I make my own Keyboard shortcut?

hi there,
In Visual Studio you can select code and then press the 'TAB' key to indent it.
However in Delphi to do the same process you need to use 'CNTRL' + 'SHIFT' + 'U'.
I would like to change it so that I can use the 'TAB' Key.
How can I do this?
cheers
Myles
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Geert GConnect With a Mentor Oracle dbaCommented:
it also looks like you'll have to create your own key mappings:

Key mapping modules

Enables you to quickly switch key bindings.

Mapping      Effect

Default      Uses key bindings that match CUA mappings (default).
IDE classic      Uses key bindings that match Borland Classic editor keystrokes.
BRIEF emulation      Uses key bindings that emulate most of the standard Brief keystrokes.
Epsilon emulation      Uses key bindings that emulate a large part of the Epsilon editor.
Visual Studio emulation      Uses key bindings that emulate a large part of the Visual Studio editor.

Visual Basic emulation      Uses key bindings that emulate a large part of the Visual Basic editor.

New IDE Emacs      Uses key bindings that emulate much of the Emacs editor.

Note: The New IDE Classic is provided as an example only.

Enhancement modules

Enhancement modules are special packages that are installed and registered and use the keyboard binding features that can be developed using the Open Tools API. You can create enhancement modules that contain new keystrokes or apply new operations to existing keystrokes. For details on the Open Tools API, see Extending the IDE.

Once installed, the enhancement modules become visible in the Enhancement modules list box. Clicking the check box next to the enhancement module enables it and unchecking it disables it. Key mapping defined in an installed and enabled enhancement module overrides any existing key mapping defined for that key in the key mapping module which is currently in effect.

Here are some links on this subject:
http://xpro.com.au/Presentations/OpenToolsAPI/Plug-in,%20Switch%20On,%20Fall%20Over%20-%20Adventures%20with%20the%20Open%20Tools%20API.htm
http://www.gexperts.org/opentools/
dutch: http://www.nldelphi.com/cgi-bin/articles.exe/ShowArticle?ID=7257
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Geert GOracle dbaCommented:
change the editor options EditorSpeedsettings to Visual Studio Emulation
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mylesevenAuthor Commented:
Thanks for your suggestion Geert, but this didn't seem to work for me.
I am running Delphi 6.
Cheers

Myles
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Geert GOracle dbaCommented:
did you check the keyboard emulations ?
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mylesevenAuthor Commented:
When I changed the keyboard emulations to Visual Studio there was some changes. For example the keyboard shortcuts for debugging changed from f8 and f7 to f10 and f11 as they would be in visual studio. however if I highlighted text and pushed the 'TAB' key it deleted the text instead of 'tabbing' it across the page.
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Geert GOracle dbaCommented:
that's funny, my tabbing works fine
i'll post my settings later on
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Geert GOracle dbaCommented:
if you want to have your own customization you'll have to write a Delphi Expert/Wizard
This is a lot of work and the code is not very well documented, next to that it undergoes some changes

what i did find was www.gexperts.org

i wrote some changes on that once to add a Ctrl-Alt-+ and Ctrl-Alt-- to change the current notebook page the current component is on
If your interested in this code, that i can give.
you could then adapt it to use a other shortcut key, this way you could create your own shortcut keys ...
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MerijnBConnect With a Mentor Sr. Software EngineerCommented:
http://andy.jgknet.de/blog/?page_id=10 can do exactly what you want.
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mylesevenAuthor Commented:
Hi thanks Geert for all your ehlp. I don't really want to go to all that trouble just to build a keyboard shortcut but I appreciatte all the advice you gave me.
The dev tool that MerjinB pointed me to ended up solving my problem straight away.
I have given you both points for your help.
Thanks alot.
myles
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