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<blockquote data-quote="Roo" data-source="post: 96382" data-attributes="member: 3068"><p>I was also confused by this at first. You don't actually select the on-screen buttons with the keyboard. Rather, pushing the menu select key (Enter by default) is like clicking the "Select" button, while pushing the menu backout key (<em>Backspace </em>by default) is like clicking the "Back" button.</p><p></p><p>I was expecting Esc to back out like it does in most games. It wasn't until I went in to the control re-mapping screen that I found out about the Backspace key. I tried to re-map this command, but hit a <a href="http://digitalpinballfans.com/showthread.php/5442-Unable-to-re-map-keyboard-keys-at-bottom-of-list" target="_blank">bug that prevents that</a>.</p><p></p><p>What makes it a little more confusing/inconsistent is that on some screens, you can actually use the arrows to move the current selection onto one of the on-screen buttons and then select it with Enter. I'm thinking of the attract mode screen for a specific table where it starts on "play" in the middle but you can get to Table Options by hitting right arrow, then Enter. Now, these are bigger buttons and that screen still has the smaller, unselectable "back" button in the lower left, so it does make sense if you think about it.</p><p></p><p><strong>I guess my main recommendation might be to make the menu backout key Esc by default instead of Backspace</strong>. I'm not sure what to do about the slightly confusing inconsistency between similar-looking on-screen buttons.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Roo, post: 96382, member: 3068"] I was also confused by this at first. You don't actually select the on-screen buttons with the keyboard. Rather, pushing the menu select key (Enter by default) is like clicking the "Select" button, while pushing the menu backout key ([I]Backspace [/I]by default) is like clicking the "Back" button. I was expecting Esc to back out like it does in most games. It wasn't until I went in to the control re-mapping screen that I found out about the Backspace key. I tried to re-map this command, but hit a [URL="http://digitalpinballfans.com/showthread.php/5442-Unable-to-re-map-keyboard-keys-at-bottom-of-list"]bug that prevents that[/URL]. What makes it a little more confusing/inconsistent is that on some screens, you can actually use the arrows to move the current selection onto one of the on-screen buttons and then select it with Enter. I'm thinking of the attract mode screen for a specific table where it starts on "play" in the middle but you can get to Table Options by hitting right arrow, then Enter. Now, these are bigger buttons and that screen still has the smaller, unselectable "back" button in the lower left, so it does make sense if you think about it. [B]I guess my main recommendation might be to make the menu backout key Esc by default instead of Backspace[/B]. I'm not sure what to do about the slightly confusing inconsistency between similar-looking on-screen buttons. [/QUOTE]
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