https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=399375
--- Comment #7 from Tyson Tan <tyson...@mail.com> --- Just to share my perspective here: # ALT for Add/Subtract is the industry standard that came much earlier than Krita Every graphics editor I know has been using ALT for the same "Add/Subtract from selection" since the dawn of computer graphics. Photoshop does the same and it is the defacto standard across graphic editors. I'm sure PS came much earlier than Krita and many other things. # ALT is essential for graphics editors in general Almost every digital artist is going to use this action on a daily basis. It was actually not Krita but the vector graphics editors like Inkscape are hit the hardest, since they can't do much without those modifiers. I wonder whether Digikam used Meta to avoid this conflict in the first place. # My past experience and confusion By keeping ALT occupied by window actions which most people have little use or even know they exist, we are keeping many digital art/graphics artists away from KDE Plasma, namely the normal Krita/GIMP/Inkscape/Blender users. It was one of the primary reasons every time I gave up using KDE Plasma in the past -- my main tools are missing features! But they are doing fine on other platforms! I could not find where the option is since it is hidden so deep in a jungle of cryptic names, so the logical decision I made every time was went back to Gnome/Windows. # Why I gave it another shot this time The only reason I finally figured it out was because I'm so embarrassed by being asked "you have designed the mascots for KDE, Krita and Kate, but why aren't you using KDE Plasma?", time after time. So I searched through every system settings page, flipping every possible switches like a hunter -- I don't want my decision of using other DEs make KDE Plasma look bad. I'm not sure other artists can be this persistent. It was not easy to type in the correct keywords in Google to get the proper workaround. You don't expect normal artists to have the know-hows like David Revoy. I have been very familiar with computing yet I still had trouble. # My suggestion I think it makes more sense to reserve the Meta key to Window Manager and let all application to use Ctrl and Alt, those not using Alt already can adapt, because I'm not sure whether their usage of Meta/Alt key is as essential as in this case. By unifying the modifier usage we can provide a more streamlined user experience. If nothing, at least organize the KDE settings so they are easier to understand and find. Gnome-tweaks/gnome-tweak-tool handles the same setting much better. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes.
