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Re: [platform-ui-dev] Re: Proposed accelerator change: using Ctrl+Shift+B for build
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I was refering to a window's *accelerators* (shorcuts) - such as
Alt+<letter> combinations in, say, an emacs editor view - being 'stolen' by
Eclipse's top-level menu mnemonics (also activated by Alt+<letter>).
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clipse.org Subject: Re: [platform-ui-dev] Re: Proposed accelerator change: using
Ctrl+Shift+B for build
16/05/2002 06:59 PM
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It is not recommended to use mnemonics for controls in a main window,
other than for the menus, precisely for this reason.
You cannot predict whether there will be conflicts. And even if we did
allow bottom-up lookup of mnemonics, it would be confusing to the user to
see duplicates.
See item 9 in the Accessibility Tips off our development resources page:
http://dev.eclipse.org/viewcvs/index.cgi/%7Echeckout%7E/platform-ui-home/accessibility/tips.html
Nick
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Subject: Re: [platform-ui-dev] Re: Proposed accelerator
change: using Ctrl+Shift+B
for build
Nick wrote:
> We can't second guess what accelerators
> will be needed for products above us.
Top-level menu mnemonics in particular are a big issue, as they steal
Alt+<letter> combinations. Not only additional plug-ins may add their own
top-level menus, but once a product gets translated (Spanish, French,
etc.), all these Alt+<letter> will now steal *different* letters...
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