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18.09.2010 02:16:15

CMD-TAB

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Hi forgive me if this has been discussed i have searched but to no avail. I have downloaded the trial and beofre purchase i would like to test as follows:

Simply i like the CMD-TAB on the keyboard to switch applications in osx (simple and elegant little menu), so i want to use this on my HTPC on my mac mini all i run is eyetv and plex/xmbc/boxee for example so i just want to hit the menu button on the little apple remote and it brings up the application tab switcher i have mangaged to get it to display the actual tab menu but inside this i cannot navigate right or left it is doing my head in! is it possible? does anyone have a script saved i can download if they have succesfuly done this.

These entries from the FAQ may be relevant to this topic:

General

How do I navigate the Remote Buddy menu? (FAQ015E0170)
To navigate the menu, you can use the following button presses:
"Left" - up by one level in the menu
"Right" and "Play" - choose the current entry
"Left hold" - go to the main menu
"Plus" and "Minus" - scroll through the entries
"Menu hold" - jump to the first entry of the current menu
"Menu" - fade in/out the onscreen menu

Hardware - Apple® Remote

After uninstalling/quitting Remote Buddy, my Mac® no longer reacts to the Apple® Remote. (FAQ015E0241)
To enable you to use all capabilities of the IR Receiver of your Mac®, Remote Buddy is using its own driver. In contrast, all other applications with integrated Apple® Remote support usually use the OS X Apple® Remote subsystem.

As long as you're running Remote Buddy, Remote Buddy and its driver are responsible for turning the received button presses into actions. As soon as you quit Remote Buddy, this task is again handled by the OS X Apple® Remote subsystem.

If other applications don't use the interface to the OS X Apple® Remote subsystem correctly, this can lead to the effect that nothing happens when you press a button on your Apple® Remote. For as long as you're running Remote Buddy, issues like this are covered by Remote Buddy and it's driver and are therefore not visible to you. However, as soon as you quit Remote Buddy, the OS X Apple® Remote subsystem is back in control and any issues caused in it by other applications become visible.

Therefore Remote Buddy is neither the cause of the issue nor is it responsible for it. Instead, the cause of the issue exists independently of Remote Buddy. It's located elsewhere and can also only be solved there.

Although our products can't cause any such issues, we're regularly contacted about such issues and asked for help. In order to make locating and fixing the cause of such issues as easy and efficient as possible, we've developed a free diagnostics tool: Remote Control Diagnostics. It can locate issues with a single click and will provide you with information about the issue as well as with instructions on how you can fix it.
After updating to OS X 10.6.2, my Apple® Remote is no longer available for selection in Remote Buddy. (FAQ015E0236)
Please update your copy of Remote Buddy to version 1.15 or later.

Hardware - EyeTV Receiver

Which receivers are supported? (FAQ015E0211)
The latest info on hard- and software-requirements including info on support hardware can be found on the dedicated page for EyeTV receivers.

Please consider making use of the free Remote Buddy trial version to test your device for compatibility directly on your computer.

User

19.09.2010 07:31:46

Re: CMD-TAB

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Thanks for asking.

This should be possible (but error prone, seeing as the Cmd-Tab OS X tool has no API for requesting status and disappears on more outside events than just the release of the keys) with a dedicated Behaviour using Apple Script.

It would, however, mostly just be an unnecessary effort, since you can already switch between applications using Remote Buddy. If you want to tune Remote Buddy for use primarily as a dedicated switcher/launcher between a select number of applications, here are some ideas:

1) If you want to access the root of the Remote Buddy menu (where, by default, all Behaviours are listed) when you press Menu, you can select the respective action at Prefs > Mapping > Global Mapping > [Menu button]

2) If you want to limit the layout of the root level of the Remote Buddy menu, you can do this at Prefs > Menu by creating your own profile, customize it, then select it to be used as default

3) If you want to activate/switch Behaviours with a single button press - and not descend into the application's context menu - you can achieve this by changing the respective option at Prefs > Menu > Size & Appearance.

Best regards,
Felix Schwarz

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