# Keyboard shortcuts?
**URL:** https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/keyboard-shortcuts/718
**Category:** Development/Design
**Created:** [June 7, 2017, 2:33pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/keyboard-shortcuts/718 "2017-06-07T14:33:40Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
**Page:** 7
### Author:  [@LowLevel](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/LowLevel)
#### Post date: [June 17, 2017, 7:08pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/keyboard-shortcuts/718/121 "2017-06-17T19:08:51Z")
> [@Nor\_Treblig](#):
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> I wouldn’t want this feature
To me, the elevator music was so perfect for that role that I enjoyed that atmosphere. I never felt the need to make that experience shorter.
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### Author:  [@katox](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/katox)
#### Post date: [June 17, 2017, 11:11pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/keyboard-shortcuts/718/122 "2017-06-17T23:11:24Z")
As a clown I wanted to pass the item I got from Willie. I didn’t try any other item because I had no reason to do that. And I only tried those two feds. I didn’t think of a possible bug.
In meantime I could give everything to Ray as Rayes or Dolores.
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### Author:  [@Caven](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Caven)
#### Post date: [June 20, 2017, 12:16am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/keyboard-shortcuts/718/123 "2017-06-20T00:16:07Z")
> [@RonGilbert](#):
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> > [@LowLevel](#):
> >
> > TWP definitely needs more savegame slots.
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> We should make savegame slots IAP. We’d make a fortune.
That’s a terrible idea! People can work around that by reusing save slots. What you should do is charge for each use of the save or load button.
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### Author:  [@Garbulans](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Garbulans)
#### Post date: [March 16, 2019, 3:28pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/keyboard-shortcuts/718/124 "2019-03-16T15:28:30Z")
Hi Ron,
Great game!, I 'd love to use the game to learn German (by switching languages all the time in game). Since the text language changes really easy in options. Could you add a shortcut to change the language without going to options?. This would make this game perfect to learn new languages.
I tried by modifying the Prefs.json file, although I don’t see it’s implemented.
Thank you.
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### Author:  [@Nor\_Treblig](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Nor_Treblig)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2019, 3:40pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/keyboard-shortcuts/718/125 "2019-03-17T15:40:20Z")
1. I don’t know of a simple or already built-in way to do this.
2. It’s unlikely that Ron will add new features to the game.
3. But: You can use 3rd party software to execute macros, see following example :
On Windows you can use [AutoHotKey](https://www.autohotkey.com/) with a script like this to switch between languages:
> **TWP.ahk**
>
> ```
> !c::ChangeTwpLanguage(5)
> !v::ChangeTwpLanguage(1)
>
> ChangeTwpLanguage(count)
> {
> ; open menu
> Send ^o
> Sleep 10
>
> ; enter sub menu 'Text and Speech', assuming focus on first menu item
> Send {Down}
> Sleep 10
> Send {Down}
> Sleep 10
> Send {Down}
> Sleep 10
> Send {Down}
> Sleep 10
> Send {Down}
> Sleep 10
> Send {Enter}
> Sleep 100
>
> ; select language menu item
> Send {Up}
> Sleep 10
> Send {Down}
> Sleep 10
> ; change language
> Send {Enter %count%}
> Sleep 10
>
> ; exit sub menu 'Text and Speech'
> Send {Down}
> Sleep 10
> Send {Enter}
> Sleep 10
>
> ; move focus back to first menu item
> Send {Down}
> Sleep 10
>
> ; close menu
> Send ^o
> }
> ```
When I made this I ran into following issues:
As you can see I’ve added sleeps everywhere to prevent timing issues.
Also I had to made assumptions about the currently focused menu item.
With **Alt+C** and **Alt+V** you can change the language back and forth.
Note: Do not move the mouse cursor when changing the language because it will mess with the menu selection.
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### Author:  [@Garbulans](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Garbulans)
#### Post date: [March 23, 2019, 9:38pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/keyboard-shortcuts/718/126 "2019-03-23T21:38:31Z")
WOW, thank you very much Nor\_Treblig. It works well. Now I can learn at the same time that enjoy this great game. 😃
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### Author:  [@Nor\_Treblig](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Nor_Treblig)
#### Post date: [March 24, 2019, 1:25pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/keyboard-shortcuts/718/127 "2019-03-24T13:25:02Z")
Good to know it works!
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### Author:  [@Garbulans](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Garbulans)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2019, 6:20pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/keyboard-shortcuts/718/128 "2019-06-22T18:20:26Z")
Thank to you @Nor_Treblig I enjoyed the game a lot more while I was learning German. **The game is hilarious and I recommend it to anyone who is learning a new language.** Ideally this should be standard in adventure games with a built in solution.
And thanks @RonGilbert for making this awesome game and make it easy to change languages.
I will use it again in the future with French 😃
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### Author:  [@Nor\_Treblig](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Nor_Treblig)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2019, 7:52pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/keyboard-shortcuts/718/129 "2019-06-22T19:52:04Z")
Awesome!
French is tough, but when you are done with it you could start learning Italian which should be as “easy” as German, and: At this time there will be a chance you could even play it with Italian voices!
(Too bad there aren’t French voices, it would help a lot with the pronunciation.)
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