Re: how to collapse a cell in v.6
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- Subject: [mg79878] Re: how to collapse a cell in v.6
- From: Jean-Marc Gulliet <jeanmarc.gulliet at gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2007 04:42:09 -0400 (EDT)
- Organization: The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK
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Albert wrote:
> Jean-Marc Gulliet wrote:
>> Steven Shippee wrote:
>>> In version 5 of Mathematica one could complete the keystrokes
>>>
>>> alt + c
>>>
>>> alt + r
>>>
>>> alt + c
>>>
>>> to collapse and/or expand cells.
>> >
>>> How does one accomplish this in version 6. please - and thank you in
>>> advance.
>> On my Windows system, the sequence of keystrokes 'Alt + c' opens the
>> /Cell/ menu and 'Alt + r' opens the /Format/ menu. Since hitting the
>> 'Alt' key plus a letter to access some menu options is the conventional
>> way to build GUI in Windows, either you are not using Windows (but still
>> have a keyboard with the 'Alt' key) or you have a heavily customized
>> version of Mathematica.
>>
>> At any rate, the default keystrokes to open or close a group of cells is
>> 'Alt + shift + {' and 'Alt + shift + }', respectively. They match the
>> menu entries Cell -> Grouping -> Open All Subgroups and Cell -> Grouping
>> -> Close All Subgroups.
>
> I think the OP wanted to open and close cells, not cell groups. This
> functionality is still there, but since for version 6 the menues have
> been changed, the key sequences did, too:
>
> Alt-c p o
>
> or also (with holding the Alt-Key pressed all the time):
>
> Alt-c Alt-p Alt-o
>
> do what he intended to do (at least on windows, which I supspect is what
> he asked for). Note that when using the alt key sequences the possible
> next letters are underlined in the menu, something also very
> conventional for GUIs. You can access every menu entry that way.
You are definitely right: I totally missed the point and failed to
answer the OP question.
Event worse, as noted by rob, the shortcut I gave for opening/closing a
group of cells are erroneous! The correct shortcuts are
Opening a group of cells: Ctrl + Shift + {
Closing a group of cells: Ctrl + Shift + }
and not the silly one I gave starting with the Alt key.
Sorry for the confusion,
Jean-Marc