3Designing with NevoStudio Pro

Designing with NevoStudio Pro Working with Hard or Function Keys
A Note About Inheritance
Hard and function keys are linked to the touchscreen pages that appear
above them on Nevo. You don’t, however, need to configure them
individually. If, for example, you want to assign the same set of function
keys to all the pages in a particular page collection, you can define the
function keys for that page collection and pages within it will inherit the
function keys. The same goes for hard keys.
You can inherit keys as follows:
• Pages can inherit function keys, volume keys, menu keys, channel keys,
transport keys (as applicable), and page fonts from the page collection.
• Page collections can inherit function keys, volume keys, menu keys,
channel keys, transport keys (as applicable), and page fonts from the
Master Page.
This powerful feature means you don’t have to spend time repeatedly
setting up the same actions to hard keys or function keys for related pages;
you define them once, set up the inheritance, and move on with your design.
If inheriting is turned on for the page you are editing, the inherited keys
will be disabled (grayed out) in the function and hard key editing area.
For more information, see “Page Properties” and “Page Collection
Properties” in “Appendix A: Properties” on page 145.
Adding Actions to Hard Keys or Function Keys
There are four ways to add actions to hard keys or function keys:
• by double-clicking an IR function in the Hardware panel
• manually, using the Actions panel toolbar
• via drag-and-drop
• copying and pasting actions from another button or global macro
Installer Tip: You may need to select the page collection or Master Page
before adding actions, or you may need to turn inheritance off for
the page collection. See “A Note About Inheritance” on page 101
for details.
Double-Clicking
1. Select a key on the hard or function key editing area.
2. Select a device from the drop-down list in the Hardware panel.
3. Double-click an IR function in the functions list.
The function is automatically appended to the existing Actions list for the
selected button.
NevoStudio Pro Design Guide 101