I can't select different skills using the f-keys it seems. Have to dig into this
a bit deeper

I cannot reproduce. A skill can be assigned to f-keys by pointing at it with
mouse cursor.

Hmm, from the key-option menu, it looked like the keys were already bound

activate_program0: f5
activate_program1: f6
activate_program2: f7
activate_program3: f8
activate_program4: f9
activate_program5: f10
activate_program6: f11
activate_program7: f12

Yet, I still had to assign them manually to the keys which is weird.

Can we make them pre-assigned by default?

Changing title and priority to better reflect this issue.

Another solution is better explaining on TutorialTom.
I plan to take a look on TutorialTom next month and I'll see alternative
"solutions" to this...

Is this still an issue?

you hover over a skill with mouse and press an f-key to assign it to shortcuts. TutorialTom even explains this.

(since 2014) Npc:says(_"You can also assign quick-select keys to programs. Simply hover over the program in the Skills/Program menu and press one of the keys [b]F5[/b] to [b]F12[/b]. Then, whenever you press this button, you will select the corresponding program.")

(also since 2014)   { N_("activate_program0"), SDLK_F5, KMOD_NONE },