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Screen search retain combos
Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe. I use screen search frequently to change focus from a Word document to a button in a Word add-in (Word add-ins can't set keyboard shortcuts in Word for some reason). My goal is to be able to easily switch focus from the document to this button and back with keyboard shortcuts, which I do very often.
Every time I activate screen search, for some reason, the shortcut is different to the same item—sometimes wg and next time nr. It seems totally random. It adds to my cognitive load to have to look at the button I want, process the new combo, and type it. This might seem small but I use this function dozens or hundreds of times a day.
Describe the solution you'd like I'd like the option to have the same combo retained for the same items. I have no idea how hard that would be, but it would help even if it did this just while the window retained focus or temporarily in some other way. Obviously, it would be great to have the same combos retained for the same program between launches, but I imagine that's too complicated/difficult. I could even manually register a combo for a specific location or button if needed, since the combo changing is only an issue with a few buttons.
Describe alternatives you've considered I don't know of any other programs that do something similar to Screen search (please let me know, I'd pay for a better solution). The only other alternative is using a mouse.
I see this request is similar to https://github.com/adirh3/Fluent-Search/discussions/890.
There, Adir says SS tries to use the same combos but it is imperfect. How is it doing that? I see some places stay the same but others don't. I even see great variation in the same program—today, I'm not having the same problem with that Word add-in I had yesterday when I wrote the OP.
I see this request is similar to #890.
There, Adir says SS tries to use the same combos but it is imperfect. How is it doing that? I see some places stay the same but others don't. I even see great variation in the same program—today, I'm not having the same problem with that Word add-in I had yesterday when I wrote the OP.
Nice noticing my comment there, I can explain; In short the current solution would become inconsistent once parts of a window change and I am unable to solve it ATM due to performance reasons.
I have thought about multiple solutions, some are pure changes to the algorithm which I haven't got to test yet, and some based on user settings, like letting you decide to have consistent labels but slower screen search.
Hope this answers, I will let you know here once I have any updates.
This issue has been potentially fixed in version 1.0.0.22 . Changelog - https://install.appcenter.ms/users/adirh3-gmail.com/apps/fluent-search-alpha/distribution_groups/exe