[Libreoffice-ux-advise] [Bug 98333] Bringing uniformity to styles shortcuts

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=98333

--- Comment #13 from Cor Nouws <cno at nouenoff.nl> ---
(In reply to Eike Rathke from comment #11)

> Shift+Ctrl+Anything requires two hands to hit. Using that for something
> basic and outstanding as the Stylist or Navigator is an un-usability.
> Additionally, both features are something that other office suites don't
> offer and that help to organize the document and its formatting, users of
> some other suite don't even know styles or the possibilities the Navigator
> offers. Easy accessibility is a key to promote these further.

To be honest: I fully agree.


(In reply to V Stuart Foote from comment #12)

> F4 for Data Sources, F5 for Navigator, and F11 all as single key short-cuts
> assigned to launch Styles & Formatting dialogs predate implementation of GUI
> Sidebar offering single button widget activation. 

Does it make sense to compare short cuts with using a mouse?

> Shifting these shortcuts to be multi-key entry using assignments for
> KEY_MOD1, KEY_MOD2, SHIFT presents few true short-term hardships but has
> advantage of allowing us to reduce collisions with OS reserved keys or HIG
> recommendations.

Reduce collision with OS reserved, makes sense. Recommendations should help,
and if not, be ignored in specific cases.

> We've already gutted most menu structure and accelerator assignments--IMHO
> this is just a continuation of the process.  Painful in the transitional
> phase, but freeing the UI implementation for a better and more consistent UX.

Better in the sense that important features are hard to access..
I guess we have to think about an extension to make important functions easy
accessible again. :\

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