[haiku-bugs] Re: [Haiku] #7967: Update menu modifier images to more accurately reflect the corresponding key that appears on the keyboard
- From: "jscipione" <trac@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 06 Sep 2011 19:28:55 -0000
#7967: Update menu modifier images to more accurately reflect the corresponding
key that appears on the keyboard
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Reporter: jscipione | Owner: stippi
Type: enhancement | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone: R1
Component: User Interface | Version: R1/Development
Resolution: | Keywords:
Blocked By: | Blocking:
Has a Patch: 0 | Platform: All
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Comment (by jscipione):
Replying to [comment:11 bonefish]:
> Haiku has key roles which can be freely assigned to keys
This is the first I've heard the term key roles. Are you referring to
keymaps? Or is there some classes somewhere that define a keyrole that I
am unaware of?
> (yes, the key role names originate from the Mac Clone keyboards in the
old days (and no, mine didn't have a key labeled "Alt")).
Now that you mention Mac clones I have now found a few examples of Mac
keyboards that don't have alt written on them, the original Mac keyboard,
the Mac keyboard II and PowerComputing Mac clone keyboard all just say
"option" at least for the US version. These are all ADB though so the
likelihood of someone using them with Haiku are slim to none. T
This page: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2841 shows pictures of modern
Apple keyboards in a bunch of localizations and they all have "alt"
written on them so I think it is a safe bet.
> The names/icons of those key roles should appear in the menus. Guessing
what is actually printed on the corresponding physical key is tedious and
won't always work anyway (be that due to keyboard manufacturers renaming
keys, localizing the names, or having other great ideas how to make things
less consistent). So please let's just stick with the key roles.
I am going for the most common case here and trying my best to come up
with some bitmaps that work most of the time. But, if there is a key role
functionality that I can use to change the bitmap in the menu based on
localized variants all the better, I'd love to use that!
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