Re: Hotkey for editing text files (not "opening")?

[David Candy]

Ctrl + Dbl Click opens a file without making the opened window the active window.

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"Agent Wookie" <m...@nospam.com> wrote in message news:nnroq11cgbku2itis...@4ax.com...
> I'd like to set up a hotkey for editing a file, as opposed to
> "opening" it. I'm referring to any arbitrary ASCII file, like .html or
> .bat, which may have its own association for the "open" action. I've
> noticed that on XP Alt-Double Click shows the file's properties, and
> Ctrl-Double Click does the same thing as a double click, that is,
> opens a file. Can Ctrl-Double Click be set up to "edit" a file?
>
> I know how to set up a hot key for the editor app itself and I'm also
> aware of the right-click context menu which may include an option to
> send the file to an editor. This is not what I want. What I want is a
> very simple action, like Ctrl-Double Click, on the file itself.

[Mungo Bulge]

it's called right-click E
if you are not navigating with a mouse, use the Application key
followed by E
"David Candy" <.> wrote in message
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