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Viz Mosart User Guide

Version 5.2 | Published April 05, 2023 ©

Keyboard Shortcuts

  • The Shortcut Keys area is by default across the bottom of the Viz Mosart GUI, displaying any configured shortcut keys.

  • Keyboard combinations can include Ctrl, Alt and Shift to present additional keyboard shortcuts.
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    Note: The example above shows how the Viz Mosart UI mimics a standard computer keyboard with the keys' names shown under the rectangles.

    • The key names may differ from your keyboard.

    • One or more settings (see Button Details) can influence the appearance of names on the keys.

  • Skip to section On Air Shortcut Operations learn about using shortcuts whilst a show is running.

Button Details

Each button can present several status conditions.
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Button Detail

Description

Text

The text on the button displays the text entered in the Keyboard Shortcuts Editor. Alternatively, if the button is bound to some NRCS content, it can display the corresponding NRCS slug.

Label (below)

The text under the button indicates the key that when pressed, takes the feature on the button.

Color

The color code (button color or stripe at the bottom of the button) corresponds to the template taken by the shortcut key.
In the screenshot above:

  • LIVE 5 is red, corresponding to a Live template.

  • Media Asset | Image, has a yellow stripe, a color coding that corresponds to the Viz Mosart template standard, lower third.

  • Other shortcuts (for example TAKE NEXT), not related to a template, have a solid gray background, with no additional color coding.

Luminosity

A dimmed button is non-operational. This button status means that Viz Mosart is awaiting NRCS content (not yet received).
In the screenshot above, LIVE is dimmed (compare with the active LIVE 5).

Corner Icons

images/download/thumbnails/81467812/arrow.png Triangle icon: The triangle in the lower right corner indicates that the button definition is bound to NRCS content.


images/download/thumbnails/81467812/image2021-3-23_8-5-3.png Public icon: The 'wifi' symbol in the top right-hand corner of a button indicates that this shortcut button has been manually updated and is shared between UIs connected to the same server.
To activate this option (affects all manually updated shortcut buttons), see setting Use Public Buttons, in section Keyboard, under General Settings > User Interface.

Context Menu

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Right-clicking over a keyboard shortcut displays a context menu.

Note: Importing an existing keyboard shortcuts file into a newer version of Viz Mosart may give unexpected operational behavior.

It is highly recommended to verify keyboard-driven operations after an upgrade, and as necessary, redefine the shortcuts, before going on-air.

The availability and actions of this menu depend on preferences set in the Keyboard Shortcuts menu (Tools > Keyboard shortcuts editor)
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  • Clear: Remove the session-based (show-based) button definition from this Viz Mosart session. This option is only available for buttons that have not been hard-defined from the Keyboard Shortcuts menu.
    Buttons that are not hard-defined appear as grey/dark grey in the UI. A light grey box can be populated with a session-based button definition (for example by drag and dropping a template or lower third from the Assets panel, see the screenshot below).

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    These session-based button definitions disappear when the UI is restarted.

  • Reset: Temporarily remove the wording on a button, to discourage selecting the defined operation (for example a camera number).
    This does not clear the operation definition, which will still be executed if the button is pressed.
    Restart the UI to display the button text again.

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