PlayerAppendix 3, Advanced Topics
Changing the Balloon Hotkey
To change the "hotkey" that displays Player's balloon help, you need ResEdit, Resorcerer or another tool for editing resources. Edit a copy of PreFab Player (as follows), put it in the Extensions folder, and restart. Change 'STR ' 128 to the decimal sum of the desired modifier value: cmd: 256, shift: 512, capsLock: 1024, opt: 2048, ctrl: 4096 (e.g. the default ctrl-opt is 6144), and 'STR ' 129 to the keycode of the desired key (as defined in Inside Macintosh), below:
A 0
B 11
C 8
D 2
E 14
F 3
G 5
H 4
I 34
J 38
K 40
L 37
M 46
N 45
O 31
P 35
Q 12
R 15
S 1
T 17
U 32
V 9
W 13
X 7
Y 16
Z 6
1 18
2 19
3 20
4 21
5 23
6 22
7 26
8 28
9 25
0 29
- 27
= 24
[ 33
] 30
\ 42
; 41
' 39
, 43
. 47
/ 44
` 50
space 49
tab 48
return 36
enter 76
delete 51
escape 53
left arrow 123
right arrow 124
up arrow 126
down arrow 125
help 114
forward delete 117
home 115
end 119
page up 116
page down 121
F1 122
F2 120
F3 99
F4 118
F5 96
F6 97
F7 98
F8 100
F9 101
F10 109
F11 103
F12 111
F13 105
F14 107
F15 113
clear 71
keypad0 82
keypad1 83
keypad2 84
keypad3 85
keypad4 86
keypad5 87
keypad6 88
keypad7 89
keypad8 91
keypad9 92
keypad decimal 65
keypad divide 75
keypad equals 81
keypad minus 78
keypad plus 69
keypad times 67
Appendix 4, Technical Support