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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: Minimizing to System Tray (Was: Ctrl-Q vs. Ctrl-W vs. Alt-F4)
From:       "Dotan Cohen" <dotancohen () gmail ! com>
Date:       2009-01-12 18:58:04
Message-ID: 880dece00901121058p200faf97w634f50ecf64b6a1d () mail ! gmail ! com
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2009/1/12 Maciej Pilichowski <bluedzins@wp.pl>:
> On Monday 12 January 2009 17:46:21 Dotan Cohen wrote:
>
>> Minimize: The window is no longer shown, a Task Bar entry is shown,
>> a System Tray icon is shown if the application supports it. Child
>> windows are shown.
>
> What is the child window then?
>

A popup dialog, for instance. an example would be the Edit Contact
window in Kaddressbook.

>> Ctrl W will close the child window / tab. It will not close the
>> main application, nor cause a Quit.
>>
>> Alt F4: copy of Ctrl W
>
> The last sentence:
> a) what is the purpose of duplicates?

In a perfect world, there would not be a need. However, Alt F4 is
already an established and expected keyboard shortcut. Have it do what
it already does.

> b) it would break compatibility with KDE versions to this day

No, this is what Alt F4 does on my KDE 3.5.10 daily driver and the
wife's 4.1.3 daily driver.

-- 
Dotan Cohen

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