@Massimo As requested, we’ve added (and fixed) the keyboard shortcuts that will allow you to select and move components. Some of the shortcuts are slightly different from what you suggested, but I think you’ll find what we’ve done is a little more powerful.
One other item I would like to see exposed in the menu system is the Command-Shift-F Quick Add Window command. I’m constantly forgetting about this wonderful feature and as I have mentioned in the past I think it should be exposed in the UI for new user to more easily discover.
If I may…the only flaw I found is that in order to activate keyboard selection or movement, you must first click on the component in the “Page Layout” panel, i.e., that panel must be active.
Because if I have to select and move a certain element, first I select it on the page and then I am “forced” to make another click to activate the Page Layout panel, and only after that I can use the shortcuts.
So it would be more convenient if component selection/movement would also work when the page editor area is “active,” because it is more intuitive.
Or, if this is not feasible, an alternative would be to have a key (e.g., Tabulator key) that from the editor area activates the Page Layout panel, so that you can then use the shortcuts.
Hmmm. Is there a way to turn these shortcuts off? or at least reassign them to other keys? Option+arrows usually move the caret in text editing, as I’ve done for 30+ years (just did it now to put the ‘+’ by 30, jumping caret back a word). Imagine my surprise when I installed the update and lost the capability to move around efficiently via keyboard.
Good catch! We’ve found the bug. It seems the shortcuts don’t work on new documents; however, if you save and re-open them, they should work as expected. We’ll obviously get this fixed for the next build!
We can solve this! Look out for a fix in the next build