Remapping keys for HATS rich client applications

In the rich client environment, default keyboard mappings are defined in the plugin.xml file of the HATS RCP Runtime Extension plug-in and apply to all HATS rich client applications running in the same environment.

An Eclipse keyboard context is used to influence what commands are available to the user at any given moment. When a user is using a HATS transformation view, the HATS keyboard context is used. This context is registered in the plugin.xml file of the HATS RCP Runtime Extension plug-in. The following example shows how this appears:

<extension 
      point="org.eclipse.ui.contexts">
   <context
         name="%KEYBOARD_CONTEXT_NAME"
         description="%KEYBOARD_CONTEXT_NAME"
         id="com.ibm.hats.rcp.transformationContext"
         parentId="org.eclipse.ui.contexts.window">
   </context>
</extension>

The default keyboard mappings are also defined in the plugin.xml file. The following example shows how a key mapping for a HATS application running in Eclipse RCP or Lotus® Expeditor appears in this file:

<extension
      point="org.eclipse.ui.commands">
   <category
         name="%COMMAND_CATEGORY_NAME"
         description"%COMMAND_CATEGORY_NAME"
         id="com.ibm.hats.rcp.transformationCategory"
   </category>
   <command
         name="[pf1]"
         category="com.ibm.hats.rcp.transformationCategory"
         id="com.ibm.hats.rcp.send_[pf1]">
   </command>
     ...
 </extension>

<extension
      point="org.eclipse.ui.bindings">
   <key
         commandId="com.ibm.hats.rcp.send_[pf1]"
         contextId="com.ibm.hats.rcp.transformationContext"
         configuration="org.eclipse.ui.defaultAcceleratorConfiguration"
         sequence="F1"
   </key>
     ...
 </extension>

The key bindings for running in Lotus Notes® are separate from the other key bindings. The equivalent key binding for the previous example would be:

   <key
         commandId="com.ibm.hats.rcp.send_[pf1]"
         contextId="com.ibm.hats.rcp.transformationContext"
         schemeId="com.ibm.workplace.notes.hannoverConfiguration"
         sequence="F1"
   </key>