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The current hotkey for closing an editor is "ctrl+f4" We can't use this hotkey in most Linux desktop environments (KDE and Gnome for certain ), because it's already taken. In these Linux environments, ctrl+fX switches between desktops. Hitting ctrl+f4, for instance, switches to the fourth desktop. Note that ctrl+alt+fX is also taken. It switches between virtual consoles. Since alt+f4 is a standard key (in both Windows and Unix-based OSes) for closing an app, I suggest using shift+alt+f4 to close an editor and shift+ctrl+f4 to close all.
I was under the impression that switching between desktops is done using Ctrl+Alt+Fn. This is the case on the Gnome setups we have here, so Ctrl+F4 works on these. We will try on KDE. Which Linux and desktop (and their versions) are you using? Have you changed any of the key bindings yourself? Do you have any pointers to documentation saying Ctrl+Fn switches desktops?
Ctrl+Alt+Fn switches between Virtual Terminals. I.e. Ctrl-Alt-F1 switches to a TEXT (non-X) console, Ctrl-Alt-F2 (or F7, depending on your setup) switches you back to X. Jared is describing switching between desktops within X. This is a feature of the window manager, and is highly configurable. I don't think this is actually a feature of KDE and Gnome, but rather of whatever window manager you're running. Regardless, it is possible that the default wm in kde and gnome conflicts with these.
Alt+F4 and Ctrl+F4 are fairly Windows-centric to begin with, although they might be normal for Motif as well. Are there more appropriate accelerators we should be using for these?
I'm running KDE. The hotkeys are there by default.
On Linux 7,2 it appears that Alt F4 does the desktop switching not Ctrl F4. Which version of Linux uses Ctrl F4?
You're running Gnome (RedHat 7.2's default desktop), which uses alt+fX by default to switch between desktops. I'm running KDE on Mandrake 8.1, which comes with Linux kernel version 2.4.8. The Linux version has nothing to do with this UI stuff though. KDE default => ctrl+fX to switch desktops GNOME default => alt+fX to switch desktops
Not a section 508 issue. Changing from accessibility to usability.
The correct shortcut for this item in GNOME is ctrl-w.
the new key bindings engine in M2 will support keybindings that distinguish between window managers, etc. but there is currently no way to get window manager information from SWT. the solution that will definately work is the keybindings customization UI (tentatively for M3) such that you can set the default key to anything you want if the default doesn't work on your window manager.
configurable keybinding support allows you to solve this problem. if there are specific keys that should best be used for these actions which correspond to the reslut of SWT.getPlatform(), i can change the defaults in the plugin.xml file. if these are window manager specific, SWT does not provide me enough information to disambiguate.
