Keyboard Shortcut for Next Document in Metadata?

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I've had a look in the help and online here but I can't seem to find an answer for this. Does anyone know if I can assign a keyboard shortcut to the Next Document/Item button in the metadata window as per the screenshot. This would make my work 10 times easier.

Or any other suggestions on keyboard shortcuts that will send selection to the next document without taking 'focus' away from the metadata interface where I am inputting data.

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This simple toolbar button should close the current metadata window, then select the next file and finally open its metadata
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3

Thanks, that works except when used it doesn't save the changes to the metadata.

I have the auto save turned on so when you click that next arrow in the metadata view it saves and goes to the next. This button seems to drop the changes and leaves the 'focus' elsewhere so you have to mouse click back into the metadata pane to input data again.

My goal is to type in one or two fields and go to the next document then type data, next.. rinse repeat without my hands having to leave the keyboard so I can move through them very quickly.

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Select NEXT will select the next file (no need to close or re-open the metadata panel), but I think it will also take focus away from the metadata panel.

I'm not sure if there is a way to move to the next file with the keyboard while keeping focus on the panel, at least at the moment, unfortunately.

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Thanks Leo I'll try that. Is there a way then to send focus to the panel or to a field in the panel?

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Not that I know of, for the metadata panel.

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I am afraid that I had assumed that with the Apply box ticked in the Metadata panel, the action of closing the panel would have committed the changes - hence the close action as the first command in the button.

As for setting the focus, this seems like a fairly pointless exercise unless you can say which metadata field you want to focus on. You need the cursor on the field where you are going to enter data.

I add metadata to many pictures, and I am afraid I found ago found the metadata panel in Opus to be far too slow and awkward to use for volume work. However, he true beauty of Opus is that it gives you the tools to create an alternative to suit your needs.