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After 5 years of using the Rational ClearQuest fat-client and never being able to figure out the hotkey combination to search for a defect ID in the database I accidentally tripped over it yesterday. During an involuntary mashing of keys by my overactive fingers my weary QA eyes were greeted with the Find Record dialogue box. Fortunately the finger spasms weren't too out of control and I was able to quickly recreate the mistake! My years and years of going to the Edit Menu and clicking Find Record are over. When I had confirmed the hotkey I felt like Neo in The Matrix when the world turned to green bits and he was able to bend it to his will. I was finally one with ClearQuest. QA life will be so much easier now.
Over the years I can't tell you how many new ClearQuest users I've had to show the secret to finding a defect in the database via Edit > Find Record (not to be mistaken for finding a defect in the query result pane; CTRL+F; Edit > Find). Why did Rational have to make this so non-intuitive? Why can't Rational/IBM post ALL the shortcut keys somewhere?
Oh, the shortcut key combo? Seems simple now in retrospect:
01000011 01010100 01010010 01001100 00101011 01010011 01001000 01001001 01000110 01010100 00101011 01000110
(CTRL+SHIFT+F for those of you who aren't one with the ClearQuest Matrix) |
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