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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    key activated toolbars
From:       William Leese <william () leese ! nl>
Date:       2003-11-18 20:36:52
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Has anyone considered having toolbars being displayed directly below the 
cursor when a certain key is pressed?

In the case of textediting (or rather: something manipulating specific 
content located in the view pane) this would save alot of time moving 
the cursor up to the toolbar and back just to select a style (bold, 
italic, a font, size, etc..).

An example:

You're using kword to type some text. The next word you're going to type 
should be in bold. Usually you'd go all the way back to the toolbar, 
select Bold, type the next word, go back to the toolbar and deselect 
Bold (ignoring the available keyboard shortcuts).

Now, instead of doing all the mousing about you'd press (for example) 
Ctrl and a toolbar will be displayed directly below your cursor. You 
select Bold, type the word, deselect Bold and press Ctrl once again to 
make the toolbar disappear.

    - William
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