Configuring Custom Shortcut Keys

Introduction

You can customize shortcut keys to provide an easier and quicker method for executing Synapse commands. Use the settings in the Shortcut Key tab to edit predefined shortcut keys or configure a new shortcut key for an existing tool.

Keyboard characters that you cannot reassign display in gray. The customized shortcut key and tool name are in bold; default shortcut keys are not in bold.

Custom shortcut keys must be enabled by your System Administrator. If you need to revert your customized keyboard shortcuts to default, see your System Administrator. For a complete list of current defaults, see Keyboard Shortcuts for the Viewer and Worklist.

Note:
  • Custom shortcut keys are only supported for English keyboards.
  • If you enable custom shortcut keys for non-English keyboards, avoid using local special characters that are not part of the English alphabet.

Keyboard Limitations

  • Modality window level presets are not supported for this feature.
  • Most keyboard options are supported. However, operators, such as the Ctrl, Shift, and Alt keys cannot be used independently and must be used in combination with a keyboard letter.
  • Synapse supports the Mac Cmd and Options.

Note:

If an OS or browser includes mapped shortcut keys, those mapped shortcut keys might not work as expected in Synapse.

Path

User Settings > Shortcut Keys

Steps

  1. Click to open the Shortcut Key tab.
    All of the existing default and custom shortcut keys display.
  2. Optional: You can search by tool name. See Searching Shortcut Keys by Tool Name.
  3. Optional: You can determine if a keyboard character is already in use. See Searching Shortcut Keys by Keyboard Characters.
  4. Use the Search by Tool search field for the tool or an operator, such as Shift or Ctrl, that you want to create a custom shortcut key for.
    Synapse displays the results as you type and filters the display. The results are not case sensitive.

    5. Note:
    • Search results are limited to the active tab.
    • Search filters persist when you move to different tabs in the Shortcut Key pane.
  1. Click in the text field for the tool that you want to add a custom shortcut key for.
  2. Create a custom shortcut key doing any of the following:

    3. If you want to do this ...

    Complete these steps ...

    Create a shortcut key using an operator: Ctrl, Shift, or Alt buttons.

    Simultaneously press an operator and the individual numeral or letter you want to use with it.

    Example: Shift +3

    Create a shortcut key using two or three operators (Ctrl, Shift, or Alt buttons) and a single alphabetical character or number.

    Simultaneously press any combination of operators and the individual alphabetical character or number you want to use with them.

    Example: Shift+Ctrl+U

    Create a shortcut using a single alphabetical character or number.

    Press the alphabetical character or number.

    Example: 3

    Note: Alphabetical characters that you add as a filter or as a shortcut key component display as capital letters by default. Do not press Shift when adding an alphabetical character.

    Remove your entries and start over.

    Press the Backspace or Delete button to delete all the characters.

  3. If you add a shortcut key that is already configured, a message displays, warning that your selection is already in use and will be removed for the existing function.
    1. Click Accept to continue. Synapse reassigns the shortcut key.
    2. Click Cancel to remove your selection. Synapse does not reassign the shortcut key.

Results

The customized shortcut key and tool name are in bold in both the Shortcut Keys and Keyboard Characters panes. Default shortcut keys are not bold.

Synapse automatically saves any updated options and displays the following message in the bottom left corner of the window: Successfully saved.

Synapse displays the following message that you must take the following action to apply the settings: Refresh the Synapse browser window for settings to apply.

Related Topics

Enabling Synapse Custom MG Keypad

Keyboard Shortcuts for the Viewer and Worklist

Keyboard Shortcuts for VNA Non-DICOM Images

Keyboard Shortcuts for Clinical Reporting Application