<html> <head> <base href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/"> </head> <body> <div> <a class="bz_bug_link bz_status_UNCONFIRMED " title="UNCONFIRMED - duplicate assignment of accelerators on a single menu disrupts keyboard use, eliminate duplicate accelerators" href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=125227#c5">Comment # 5</a> on <a class="bz_bug_link bz_status_UNCONFIRMED " title="UNCONFIRMED - duplicate assignment of accelerators on a single menu disrupts keyboard use, eliminate duplicate accelerators" href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=125227">bug 125227</a> from <a class="email" href="mailto:vstuart.foote@utsa.edu" title="V Stuart Foote <vstuart.foote@utsa.edu>"> V Stuart Foote</a> <pre>(In reply to TorrAB from <a href="show_bug.cgi?id=125227#c4">comment #4</a>) > Ah! Now I understand the indirect (via Enter) shortcut: duplication! > Well, duplicate assignments should be avoided (if not prohibited). Easily: > make shortcuts case-sensitive, as in Format: <alt>+o -> > * h (C_haracter); H (Anc_Hor); or > * a (P_aragraph); A (Rot_Ate or Flip) > Most shortcuts would not change; capitals would be assigned to less-used > menu items. In the above example, user must (currently) hit 'a' twice, then > Enter, to open the RotateOrFlip menu; with a case-sensitive assignment, A > (shift-a) would do it. Unfortunately that would not work--keyboard gymnastics to enter sequence of <alt> to toggle accelerators active, then to remember if the mnemonic is <shift> upper or just the lower. *Not* the best UX.</pre> </div> <hr> You are receiving this mail because: <ul> <li>You are the assignee for the bug.</li> </ul> </body> </html>