I don't have an answer for this, but I hate the idea that F3 and F4 would minimise and close without some kind of CTRL/ALT/Super modifier.
Can't think of anything more confusing for a user who's trying to rename their file, hit the wrong key and have the window completely vanish - either because it's minimised or closed. Similarly, someone wants to go full-screen, hits F12 by accident and boom! It looks like they've turned their laptop/PC off. I can hear the howls of anguish already. I hit F1 by accident when renaming far too often already - I'd rather not have any more such grief in my life. A thorough revamp of shortcuts is probably in order (I have to turn off screen overlay in Unity because it pops up when I use the zoom plug-in with Super-mousewheel up/down), but adding more arbitrary function key mappings doesn't sounds like a great idea to me. Neil. On 15 March 2012 11:09, Petko <pditc...@gmail.com> wrote: > Since the desktop list seems dead ,and similar discussions are held here > , I'll forward a thread I posted there : > > -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Shortcut keys F1,F2,F3,F4 > and overall Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2012 00:42:14 +0200 From: Petko > <pditc...@gmail.com> <pditc...@gmail.com> To: > ubuntu-desk...@lists.ubuntu.com > > Hey guys , I recently came to the conclusion that the *Function* keys > ,that are most accessible aren't really utilized . Some (a lot of) time > ago , when I was new to computers I saw them as some kind of unusable > appendix . Since then not much has changed (regarding OS defaults ) . > Which of the function keys do you use ( out of combinations , just the > straight up most efficient press of the key) ? I used three until recently : > F2 - rename > F5 - refresh > F11 - fullscreen > (and maaybe F1 - help) > > Here's the idea : the first 4 func. keys are very accessible , not used > in writing , and 2 of them have no function what so ever by themselves . > Here's a couple of suggestions from me : > > F1 - clearly stays help > F2 - users have learned it's rename , so it should stay rename (though > that's probably not the best function it can have) > F3 - Minimize window - everybody does it constantly , the buttons for > minimize are little , I personally hate compound shortcuts > (alt+ctrl+shift+asdf to minimize (meaning I don't want to touch more > than one button for one of the most used actions) ) > F4 - how has no one made F4 default for closing windows just boggles my > mind - why twist your hand to press alt , when F4 can't possibly have a > better use . > > I'm with those settings now and it's much better than the defaults . For > F4 - of course alt+F4 should continue working alongside F4 , because > anyone new would get confused , but that doesn't mean it shouldn't get > implemented . > > Second point of discussion (the "and overall" part of the thread) : I > need some response from developers: If I create a wiki page in Ubuntu > dedicated to discussing default settings (because I think there's much > room for improvement) , would its contents be taken into account . The > idea is that a whiteboard is needed to discuss this topic (there's too > many details for a mailing list in my opinion) , and I'm convinced that > the topic should have a centralized resource (so there's no repeated > discussions , and people can pick up where others left off ) . > > And overall - any feedback would be appreciated , I really want to push > the development in that area a bit (default shortcuts/settings) . > > Petko > > PS: not a proposal for implementation , but a hint for whoever might > like it : F12 for "xset dpms force off" (turn screen off) > > > -- > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~unity-design > Post to : unity-design@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~unity-design > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >
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