As with all &xwp; hook features, object hotkeys are disabled per default. You need to enable them in the "&xwp; setup" object first.

Note: Do not confuse object hotkeys with folder hotkeys, as displayed in the "Workplace Shell" settings object. Object hotkeys are used to open objects using a key definition and work everywhere, while folder hotkeys are shortcuts to certain folder commands and work in folders only.

Object hotkeys can be configured in two places. For one, &xwp; inserts a new "Object" page into each single object's settings notebook. This applies to really all objects (that is, folders, files, printers, program objects, etc.). By clicking into the "Hotkey" entry field, you may define a key combination for that object. From then on, if you press this key combination anywhere on your system, the object will be opened in its default view (as if you had double-clicked on it).

Secondly, &xwp; inserts a new page into the "Keyboard" settings object, which per default resides in your "System Setup" folder. On this new page, which is called "Hotkeys" for some reason, all currently defined object hotkeys are listed.

There are some limitations with respect to object hotkeys. Since hotkey detection is done in the &xwp; PM hook, object hotkeys only work in the Presentation Manager (PM) screen session. This includes all PM applications, the WPS itself, plus windowed (seamless) &os2;, DOS and &winos2; sessions, but not DOS, &os2; or &winos2; fullscreen sessions, unfortunately.