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Subject: [Bug 63540] New: Default assignment of keystrokes in KDE
From: Peter Bittner <peter.bittner () gmx ! net>
Date: 2003-08-31 22:01:40
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http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=63540
Summary: Default assignment of keystrokes in KDE applications (in
general)
Product: kword
Version: unspecified
Platform: SuSE RPMs
OS/Version: Linux
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: wishlist
Priority: NOR
Component: general
AssignedTo: faure@kde.org
ReportedBy: peter.bittner@gmx.net
Version: (using KDE KDE 3.1.1)
Installed from: SuSE RPMs
(This article addresses all KDE applications in general.)
It is not clear to me why all (or many) KDE applications use some keystroke-assignments [for \
certain actions] which are not really standardized - in the sense of being covered by an \
official standard -, e.g.
- "Undo" ... Ctrl+Z (instead of Alt+Backspace)
- "Redo" ... Shift+Ctrl+Z (instead of Shift+Alt+Backspace)
- "Close Window/Document" ... Ctrl+W (instead of Ctrl+F4)
- "Exit/Close Program" ... Ctrl+Q (instead of Alt+F4)
- etc.
I believe the currently used/implemented key-assignments are the ones that are usually used by \
Windows applications (well, M$ Word, for example, handles both keystrokes). The ones I quoted \
as "instead of..." are the key-assignments that - to my knowledge - are covered by the SAA \
standard.
I am not sure if SAA is still valid or if it has been replaced by some other standard in the \
meantime. (Here is a link of a website that covers SAA: \
http://www.kefk.net/Linux/Standards/SAA/index.asp - unfortunately only in German)
Since I do not like the Windows-style keystrokes and I'd like to see all Open Source \
applications to follow official standards, I'd like to know if it would be okay to set the \
default settings to standardized ones.
P.S.: A word to Alt+Backspace and Shift+Alt+Backspace: I have noticed the danger of shutting \
down X-Windows when you accidentally hit Ctrl+Alt+Backspace instead of one of the two other \
keystrokes. So, this might be arguable that users might accidentally mistype a keystroke thus \
losing some work (as I did :-)).
P.S.2: BTW, I have noticed that most KDE applications recognize Alt+F4 for "close program", \
too. But they do not recognize, e.g., Ctrl+F4 for "close document", however.
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