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Interesting bit of history, I was unaware of the details here. A page with a list of shortcuts is terrible for discovery though. I can't open a browser all the
by WhyNotHugo 5y ago
Interesting bit of history, I was unaware of the details here.
A page with a list of shortcuts is terrible for discovery though. I can't open a browser all the time to try and fine if something is there (not to mention apps not listed there).
I think the solution used by others of always including it in menus and tool-tips is a lot better for discoverability.
My biggest gripe continues to be consistency though. Apps may use Cmd, Ctrl or Alt for shortcuts, with no clear pattern.
This has the added problem that it's super hard to create global shortcuts that don't overlap with any app. For example, on Linux, no apps use Cmd (Super), so you're free to bind Super+Anything for your own global shortcuts, and you'll never shadow any app. If I try using Super+w (or Ctrl+w), I'll quickly come across some app where I'm shadowing a shortcut.
- acdha 5y agoThis is very confusing to me: the shortcut keys are listed in the menu bar for every application. Is that somehow disabled on your system? (I'm not even sure that's possible off-hand — it's been the default going back to the 80s) Similarly, consistency is the opposite of what I see. Every app I use uses the standard Command shortcuts. Control/Option/Shift are modifiers in some cases (e.g. Command-V pastes, Shift-Option-Command V pastes preserving style, etc.) but the only time I've seen other keys in use has been a few stragglers with deeply-engrained conventions like Emacs.