Quick route to Info Panel

[Swifty]

I don't normally have the "Panels" toolbar active. Is there a standard
keyboard shortcut (or mouse gesture) to activate the Info Panel? If not,
is it possible to add such a shortcut? I have to admit that I find the
keyboard definition mechanism confusing.

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[Swifty]

Guy wrote:
>> I don't normally have the "Panels" toolbar active. Is there a
>> standard keyboard shortcut (or mouse gesture) to activate the Info
>> Panel? If not, is it possible to add such a shortcut? I have to
>> admit that I find the keyboard definition mechanism confusing.
>

> What does Shift+F4 and/or F4 do for you?

Exactly what I asked for, thank you!

Shift+F4 takes me to the Info panel, and F4 takes me back to where I
started. You were just a little late for Christmas, otherwise the ideal
gift for me.

[Greg Lucas]

Swifty wrote:

> Shift+F4 takes me to the Info panel, and F4 takes me back to where I
> started.

You can actually just use F4 to toggle the panel on and off. I had never
even tried Shift+F4 until reading this - it appears to be the same but
leaves the 'panel selector' visible.

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Greg

[Swifty]

F4 (for me) just toggles the "Panels Selector" on and off. At the
moment, my only interest in the Panels Selector is as a necessary step
to seeing the "Info" panel. Shift+F4 takes me from neither toolbar nor
selector to selector and panel in one keystroke. F4 then turns both of
them back off.

It seems slightly odd to use a different keystroke to return, but as a
physicist I'm used to systems with a little hysteresis in them. :-)

If I use this enough, I may just leave the Panels Selector visible all
the time. It's just another excuse for getting that 24" monitor I've
been thinking about.