[haiku-bugs] Re: [Haiku] #7967: Update menu modifier images to more accurately reflect the corresponding key that appears on the keyboard
- From: "humdinger" <trac@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 03 Oct 2011 07:10:39 -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 humdinger):
I feel the discussion goes a bit in circles, or I don't get the issue
completely...
What Ingo said about the "key roles" is still true, therefore naming the
icon to a specific key on popular keyboards doesn't work well. The "OPT"
key will always be the "Option" key, regardless if it is mapped to a key
with a Windows logo, a penguin, "Super" or (for older keyboards, for
example) AltGr which may be called "right ALT".[[BR]]
The shortcut icons should be named after their function, not to a physical
key. That is why I have a beef with the "ALT" icon for years. It should be
called "CMD". That way CMD+C will always copy to clipboard, never mind if
your CMD is mapped to the alt-key, ctrl-key or the menu-key or whatever.
In that way, sticking to "CTL" instead of "CTRL" is better, because moves
the function further away from the physical ctrl-key.
The very best solution IMO would be if we can come up with descriptions of
the three key functions "COMMAND", "CONTROL", "OPTION" that have no
connection to the physical key names.[[BR]]
Maybe name it "RED" (command), "BLU" (control), and "YEL" (option) and
sell coloured stickers for people to put on the respective keys. We'd even
have a few colours left for future use...
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