#14277: Shortcuts: Improve interface
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Reporter: Janus | Owner: leavengood
Type: enhancement | Status: assigned
Priority: normal | Milestone: Unscheduled
Component: Preferences/Shortcuts | Version: R1/Development
Resolution: | Keywords:
Blocked By: | Blocking:
Has a Patch: 0 | Platform: All
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Comment (by humdinger):
I have a proposal on how an improved Shortcuts prefs could look like.\\
How about a simple main window with a list, first column "Keycombo",
second "Action". Under the list a "+" and "-" button to add/remove a
shortcut. Very similar to the Repositories prefs, just with Revert/OK
buttons instead of of Enable/Disable, because I don't think we'd need
those.
Adding a new shortcut or double-clicking an existing one opens a window.
Something like this:
{{{
Key combination: ___________________ [Clear]
Choose action:
* Launch application: ___________________________ [Browse...]
* Send message: _____________ to ________________ [Browse...]
* Mouse action: {popup:} ____________
MouseMove,
MouseMoveTo,
MouseUp,
MouseDown
MouseButton,
etc.
[Cancel] [OK]
}}}
When the text field of "Key combination" has the focus, the pressed keys
are inserted, e.g. "ALT+SHIFT+V". The "Clear" button blanks the field.
The "Browse..." button opens a file dialog to find the app to launch. The
path is inserted in the text field, the user may optional add parameters
there.
When sending a message, the first text field takes the message string, the
second the app's signature that gets inserted when choosing the app from
the "Browse..." file dialog.
I'm not really sure the typical user needs all these "Mouse actions", but
if it's decided to keep them, they could be chosen from a popup menu with
the parameters to be entered in a text field. A tooltip could come in
handy here...
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Ticket URL: <https://dev.haiku-os.org/ticket/14277#comment:10>
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