Keyboard and Button Commands
LiveTraffic offers "commands" for the most important menu items. These "commands" show up in X-Planes configuration screens for Joystick and Keyboard asignments. All of them are grouped under the top-level category "LiveTraffic".
Menu Item | Command | Description |
Aircraft Info... | Aircraft_Info_Wnd/Open | Opens an aircraft information window |
Aircraft Info... (Popped out) | Aircraft_Info_Wnd/Open_Popped_Out | Opens a popped out aircraft information window (separate OS-level window) |
Aircraft Info shown | Aircraft_Info_Wnd/Hide_Show | Hides/Shows all aircraft information windows, but does not close |
Close All Windows | Aircraft_Info_Wnd/Close_All | Closes all aircraft information windows |
Aircraft displayed | Aircrafts/Display | Starts/Stops display of live aircraft |
TCAS controlled | Aircrafts/TCAS_Control | TCAS Control: Tries to take control over AI aircraft |
Labels shown | Aircrafts/Toggle_Labels | Toggle display of labels in current view |
In X-Plane, the description is shown as the text to select in the configuration dialogs.
All commands are executed on key/button down event only, i.e. just once, no matter how long you press a key or button.
Go to X-Plane's settings for Keyboard. See here for X-Plane's manual on using the settings dialog. You find the LiveTraffic commands most easily when selecting Plugin Provided:
Assigned keyboard shortcuts appear on the menu next to the respective menu item, which helps remembering them.
Similarly, when assigning joystick buttons (see here for X-Plane manual) you can refer to the very same commands in the right hand command selection:
