[Geany-devel] Shift-10 on editor tab

[Dominic Hopf]

Am Mittwoch, den 03.03.2010, 06:20 -0800 schrieb Can Koy:
> ----- Original Message ----
> 
> > From: Dominic Hopf <dmaphy at googlemail.com>
> > To: Geany development list <geany-devel at uvena.de>
> > Sent: Wed, March 3, 2010 3:33:56 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Geany-devel] Shift-10 on editor tab
> > 
> > 2010/3/3 Can Koy :
> > > Hi,
> > > Shift-F10 in an editor tab pops up a nice list of open documents.
> > > I'm proposing to change this shortcut to Shift-MenuKey. I can add, instead of 
> > replace, it if Shift-F10 is too important for you, but replacing is easy. What 
> > do you think?
> > 
> > Hi Can,
> > I think Shift+F10 is something like a default behaviour which is written down
> > in some guidline or anything like that. 
> 
> That guide is Gnome HIG, and Shift-F10 is already NOT behaving as stated in the guide, i.e. show contextual menu (right-click).
> 
> > Also, many users may already know
> > Shift+F10 as usual keybinding, so replacing it wouldn't be the best solution.
> > 
> 
> Replacing it (and make Shift-F10 behave like right-click later if required) would make Geany comply with HIG actually, that's one reason I suggested it.
> (Shift-F10 is also clumsy compared to Shift-MenuKey, but that's my opinion.)

Well, AFAIK Geany tries to be as best Gnome HIG as it can,
so your suggestion should be appreciated. I personally like being as
close to a guideline as possible, so a replacement wouldn't be that
problem for me. ;)

But let's wait what others think about this. :)

Regards,
Dominic

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