Does anyone know why Houdini does not work with Windows keyboard shortcuts?

Alt F4 - typically closes a window. Sometimes escape works for this. Can I map a key to close a window (softimage had the same problem).
Alt Space + M or X - minimises or maximises a window.
Ctrl N - new scene is Alt+N in Houdini which does not work (it brings up a dialogue window which does nothing.

Cheers,
Lee

you cant use these shortcuts. they are outdated windows specific shortcuts and houdini wont accept them.

alt n is working here.
to close a window/panel in houdini use ctrl w. (works in explorer too)
to maximize window: windows key + up
to minimize windows key + down

in general you should probably switch to use windows key to manage your windows etc.
there are some nice shortcuts:
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/keyboard-shortcuts#keyboard-shortcuts=windows-7 [windows.microsoft.com]

you also might want to try out linux where you can pretty much custom map everything.

cheers.

you cant use these shortcuts. they are outdated windows specific shortcuts and houdini wont accept them.

Outdated? Every Windows program uses them.

>alt n is working here.
It brings up the window but can you click on the options?

>to close a window/panel in houdini use ctrl w. (works in explorer too)
This doesn't work for any windows I tried in Houdini. Which ones does it work for you?

>in general you should probably switch to use windows key to manage your windows etc.

>you also might want to try out linux where you can pretty much custom map everything.

Tried that before. It was a mess.