Feature Request: Keyboard Shortcut for SyncTeX? (i.e., keyboard shortcut for ctrl+click)

[GoogleCodeExporter]

Hello Texworks coders.  Thank you for making such a nice product!

Please forgive me if this feature is already available (I couldn't find it in 
section 5.1 of the manual which discusses SyncTeX), but would it be possible to 
add a keyboard shortcut for syncing the preview window while you're typing in 
the editor, and the editor window while you're looking around in the preview?

This might seem unnecessary, but you already provide excellent functionality 
with (ctrl + ') for going to and from each of them, and I think this added 
functionality would help to let users avoid using their mouse entirely, which 
could speed up document creation.

Please let me know what you think.  Thanks again for all of your hard work and 
an excellent product.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by [email protected] on 21 Sep 2010 at 6:17

[GoogleCodeExporter]

My apologies ... this was supposed to be filed under enhancement rather than 
defect....

Original comment by [email protected] on 21 Sep 2010 at 6:17

[GoogleCodeExporter]

Sounds like a good idea. However, switching back (pdf -> tex) would have to be 
mimic the function of Ctrl+' since no position information is available from 
the keyboard in the pdf preview.

Note that there currently are a few workarounds to check out:
 * There's the "Jump to PDF" option in the context menu which should do just what you want. On Linux & Windows, the context menu can be brought up context menu key (usually between the right windows key and the ctrl key)
 * There is an experimental "auto-follow focus" option in the "window" menu that should try to keep the pdf view synchronized when you move the cursor in the editor.

PS: Issue-Labels can only be changed by the developers, so all new issues 
default to Defect. We'll just classify them as necessary, don't worry :).

Original comment by st.loeffler on 22 Sep 2010 at 1:42

• Added labels: Type-Enhancement
• Removed labels: Type-Defect

[GoogleCodeExporter]

I'm using "auto-follow focus" for that.

Original comment by [email protected] on 12 Nov 2010 at 5:09

[GoogleCodeExporter]

Can we get a keyboard shortcut for "auto-follow-focus" and also an option to 
keep it enabled by default?

Thanks.

Original comment by [email protected] on 3 Nov 2012 at 6:14

[stloeffler]

You can assign a shortcut using actionAuto_Follow_Focus in shortcuts.ini.