How to navigate the Tool Matrix with the keyboard?

[bob93]

I can access the Tool Matrix with Ctrl+Shift+Spacebar, then I can type a keyword to find the tool I need, however I still have to click the tool icon with the mouse.
It would be nice to be able to select things in the Tool Matrix with the keyboard without having to move the mouse cursor. For example, Ctrl+Shift+Spacebar, then type "point to" to find the Distance Point to Point tool, then DownArrowkey to select it, then Enter. This would be quicker than moving the cursor out of position (for the Distance Point to Point tool you have to position the cursor at the point from which you want to measure).
I tried to do this with the arrow keys and other keys such as Tab to try to navigate the Tool Matrix to no avail. Is it even possible?

Note: I know most if not all tools have keyboard shortcuts, but that requires memorizing all the tools and their shortcuts. Being able to quickly select things from the Tool Matrix using keywords is preferable to having to memorize everything.
The Distance Point to Point command above is just an example, I already know the shortcut is IP, but that's only because it's one of my 5 most used commands. For the rest, which is the vast majority of them, I don't know the keyboard shortcut, so I use the Tool Matrix to find them

[Husky]

Hi,
The purpose of the toolmatrix is to launch with the mouse pointer tools immididly - not to help you remembering and then using shortcuts.

I assume a shortcut list like this pdf will help more ...
https://qcad.org/archives/shortcuts/shortcuts_en.pdf

[bob93]

The purpose of the toolmatrix is to launch with the mouse pointer tools immididly - not to help you remembering and then using shortcuts.

You mean immediately? That's what I'm talking about. Clicking with the mouse isn't as immediate as navigating with the keyboard would be. Anyways, I just wanted to know if that is possible

[Husky]

Anyways, I just wanted to know if that is possible

With the Tool Matrix? Not to my knowledge.
Question: If it is so important to you to keep the mouse pointer position as is - why not just navigate the Qcad standard menu with the keyboard?

[CVH]

You mean immediately? That's what I'm talking about.
Clicking with the mouse isn't as immediate as navigating with the keyboard would be.

IMHO is selecting a QCAD tool from the Tool Matrix an immediate action.

The indicated tool becomes active with one single click on its tool button ... Action button.
Very similar for visible Toolbars and other panels, Widgets.

One click and you can start indicating things required for the tool with the same input device ...
... Using the keyboard to navigate through Widgets or Menus would still require a swap to an indication device ...

Navigating through menus is not something I prefer:

• ALT+I >> Dimension

• ALT+I >> Info >> ALT+P >> Polar Position >> ALT+P >> Distance Point to Point >> Enter
  ... OR ...

• ALT and navigating with Right and Down arrow (13x) + Enter

• Swap to mouse to indicate 2 positions

The whole procedure can be done in 3 clicks if the tool button is visible on a Toolbar or Widget ...
... Or with typing 'IP' and 2 clicks.

All that is precisely why it is called a Graphical User Interface.

Bottom Line:
You can not navigate with keys through the Tool Matrix nor any other Toolbar.
TAB may have some use with various input fields in for example the Option Toolbar.
The Tool Matrix is intended as a large searchable collection of most QCAD tools action buttons.

Regards,
CVH