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• • October 18, 2022 at 11:02 am #14373767
    Brad Grigor

    Member

    I have InDesign I have my ruler units set to inches. With the cursor inside a data entry field, e.g. X:, Y:, W: or H: fields in the control panel, typing up-arrow or down-arrow changes the value in exact steps of 0.0625 inches. Shift-up-arrow and shift-down-arrow changes the value in exact steps of 0.25 inches (4x larger). What would be really helpful is if shift-up-arrow/down-arrow used 0.2 inches, which is the baseline grid in my document. Is there any way to make that so?

    Cheers!

    Brad

  • October 18, 2022 at 11:44 am #14373769
    Steve Davis

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    Go to your preferences>units and increments and change accordingly – then stop using inches!

  • October 18, 2022 at 12:05 pm #14373770
    Brad Grigor

    Member

    I’d love to use parsecs, but what’s the use?! :-)

    However, to your point, Preferences > Units has keyboard increments for Cursor Key, Baseline Shift, Size/Leading and Kerning/Tracking, but those don’t affect (as far as I can tell) the data entry fields in the control panel, which is what I’m asking about. I must be missing something.

  • October 19, 2022 at 6:49 am #14373784
    David Blatner

    Keymaster

    Look higher up in that dialog box. No parsecs but the Ruler Units will help. :-)
    More, for reference:

    Changing InDesign’s Default Ruler Measurements

    
    and

    Change Measurement Systems on the Fly

  • October 19, 2022 at 9:06 am #14373787
    Brad Grigor

    Member

    Good morning. I hate to be a pain, but the issue is with the data entry fields in the control panel (i.e. the toolbar that goes across the top) and what happens when you click into one of those fields (e.g. the Y: field) and press Up/Down Arrow or Shift Up/Down Arrow. There is a default increment associated with that operation and I’m wondering how to change it. The default (when the units are inches) is 1/16 inch and 1/4 inch. I’d like to change the 1/4 inch to 0.2 inch (corresponding to my baseline grid).

    Cheers!

    Brad

  • October 19, 2022 at 9:50 am #14373788
    Brad Grigor

    Member

    Another place this occurs is in the Paragraph Style Options panel > Indents and Spacing. Each of the indent fields and the space before/after fields work similarly. Click in one, then press Up/Down Arrow or Shift Up/Down Arrow and you get a precise default increment. I am just wondering how to change those defaults from 1/16 inch and 1/4 inch to, say, 1/10 inch and 1/5 inch?

  • October 19, 2022 at 11:09 pm #14373804
    David Blatner

    Keymaster

    Ah! Sorry, I didn’t read your original post correctly.
    I don’t think you can do this in InDesign, but you could use a script. I think this one might work: https://creativepro.com/topic/how-to-assign-shortcut-to-cursor-key-increments/

  • October 20, 2022 at 12:42 pm #14373813
    Brad Grigor

    Member

    Thanks David, I”ll check that out. And one day I’m going to pursue my new career in writing InDesign scripts! :-)

  • October 21, 2022 at 8:23 am #14373820
    Michel Allio for FRIdNGE

    Participant

    In ID Prefs, tab 7, part 4, point 1! Change it here! (hope I’m clear! =D )

    (^/) The Jedi

    • October 21, 2022 at 10:33 am #14373822
      David Blatner

      Keymaster

      Michel, that is helpful when you want to change the arrow key on the keyboard. But I think it does not change the increment value in the panels. For example, if you select a frame and click the Up or Down arrow buttons for the X or Y field in the Control panel, it is not changed.

  • October 21, 2022 at 8:34 am #14373821
    Michel Allio for FRIdNGE

    Participant

    … and just up/down-arrow (not shift)!

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