Thanks Michael

Ah - yes, actually typing "F12" for example rather than pushing the key works, although before posting I did try that with no luck, because of the below probably:

The dialog box does seem somewhat temperamental - this seems to be whats happening:

1] press add - type shortcut letter - tab to go to next input box to type command - ok

2] press add - type shortcut letter - tab to go to next input box to type command - decide to edit shortcut letter - shift+tab to go to previous input box - ok

3] press add - type shortcut letter - click next input box to type command - requires double click to begin to type

4] press add - type shortcut letter - double click to type command - decide to edit shortcut key - requires double click to edit

Even though the cursor will sometimes begin to blink in either edit box (indicating the box has focus?) it still requires a double click to be able to type anything - and, sometimes the edit box will accept input even though a blinking cursor is not visible...

cheers
rabbit