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Scribus => Beginner Talk => Topic started by: hjh on July 16, 2025, 08:16:01 PM

Title: [SOLVED] Key F3 - show styles dialog - does not work in MSWindows (1.6.4)
Post by: hjh on July 16, 2025, 08:16:01 PM
Hi

If I hit the F3 button nothing happens. According to the 'Edit' menu the 'Styles...' dialog should show up. The place where styles are defined

If I right click on a text frame the 'content properties' box also has the F3 shortcut.

Is this a bug?

Regards
Hannes
Title: Re: Key F3 - show styles dialog - does not work in MSWindows (1.6.4)
Post by: Nermander on July 17, 2025, 07:55:32 PM
Yes, this is a bug in some 1.6.x version of Scribus if I recall correct.

I remember seeing a changelog saying the bug was fixed.
Title: Re: Key F3 - show styles dialog - does not work in MSWindows (1.6.4)
Post by: a.l.e on July 17, 2025, 10:17:27 PM
it's F4 that should show the Style Manager.

you can change the shortcut in the File > Preferences.
Title: Re: Key F3 - show styles dialog - does not work in MSWindows (1.6.4)
Post by: hjh on July 21, 2025, 04:10:01 PM
Hi Ale
 
Thank you.
Setting the F4 key as a short cut for showing the 'Styles dialog' with "File > Preferences" worked fine.
Nermander said that he has seen in a change log that this has been fixed.
I did not see anything like this in
https://sourceforge.net/projects/scribus/files/scribus-svn/1.6.5.svn/readme.txt/download
(unreleased build version of two days ago).
Also not in
https://sourceforge.net/projects/scribus/files/scribus-svn/1.7.1.svn/readme.txt/download
An important shortcut and easy to fix.

--Hannes
Title: Re: Key F3 - show styles dialog - does not work in MSWindows (1.6.4)
Post by: a.l.e on July 21, 2025, 07:37:50 PM
Don't worry about that.

As far as I know, Scribus comes with F2 on the properties palette, F3 on the content palette and F4 on the Style Manager.

If all the current versions do that, then we're fine!
(And we have way more important things to focus on : - )
Title: Re: Key F3 - show styles dialog - does not work in MSWindows (1.6.4)
Post by: Nermander on July 21, 2025, 08:15:11 PM
I think what I was referring to was this one (there is something about shortcut issues).

https://wiki.scribus.net/canvas/1.6.3_Release

I do know that in some version I have been using either F2 or F3 does not work.
Title: Re: Key F3 - show styles dialog - does not work in MSWindows (1.6.4)
Post by: hjh on July 28, 2025, 02:32:17 PM
I installed the not yet released version 1.6.5svn from the 19th of July and that version does no longer show this problem.

So keys
F2 - Properties
F3 - Content Properties
F4 - Styles

work as expected.

And as mentioned by Ale for other versions the shortcut can be adjusted through "File > Preferences"

--Hannes