Re: Ctrl key combinations

[Shaun Guth <l8nite@l8nite.net>]

On Tue, 2003-04-29 at 12:13, Joe Drew wrote:
> On Tue, 2003-04-29 at 15:04, Anthony A. D. Talltree wrote:
> > >I suggest you convince the author of (just about) every other GTK or
> > >GNOME application of this, then, in addition to the GNOME HIG people. 
> > 
> > >The de-facto standard for GTK applications, and the actual standard for
> > >GNOME applications, is to have CTRL-W as close window.
> > 
> > This design flaw doesn't constitute a system-wide convention.
> 
> Think of it then as a desktop convention. A user becomes accustomed to
> the behaviour of the applications on their desktop; they close with
> CTRL-Q, the active window or tab closes with CTRL-W. When an application
> doesn't obey these patterns, it frustrates and confuses the user.
> 
> The idea is to obey the "Principle of least surprise." If every other
> program closes its window with CTRL-W, so should X-Chat.

From:
http://developer.gnome.org/projects/gup/hig/1.0/userinput.html#standard-shortcuts

If your application uses any of the standard functions listed in the
following tables, use the recommended standard keyboard shortcut for
that function.

Table 10.5. Standard GNOME application shortcut keys and access keys -
File menu

Function
Shortcut
Description
New
Ctrl-N
Create a new document
Open
Ctrl-O
Open a document
Save
Ctrl-S
Save the current
document
Print
Ctrl-P
Print the current
document
Send To...
Ctrl-E
Send the current
document to an email
recipient or remote
location
Close
Ctrl-W
Close the current
document
Quit
Ctrl-Q
Quit the application


-- 
Shaun Guth <l8nite@l8nite.net>

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