[Bug 141776] Shown mnemonic/accelerators in Start Center require <Alt>+ key on Windows

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=141776

--- Comment #31 from skagon at yahoo.co.uk ---
(In reply to Mike Kaganski from comment #30)
> (In reply to skagon from comment #29)
> 
> This argument does not mean that there should be inconsistency inside the
> same program. LibreOffice is a *document* software, and one of its main
> focus points is text. In Writer and Calc (and Math), typing is the main
> workflow. Start Center is nothing but an auxiliary tool. Having its behavior
> different from the main parts of the program is inconsistent with itself. It
> would confuse people, making them think "this is how things work in this
> program". And the benefit of what you suggest (just because "it is possible
> to implement") is practically indistinguishable from zero.
> 
> WONTFIX is the correct resolution.

I disagree. The "consistency" argument is a non-sequitur. We're talking about
the Start Centre. Auxiliary tool or not, it is there, and nobody would confuse
it with anything else. Are you assuming that the users are morons? That they
can't make the distinction between "Writer", "Calc", and "Start Centre"? They
would get confused? Oh, please!

Like, if pressing [W] in the Start Centre opens up a new blank Writer document,
someone would think that just pressing [W] anywhere, rather than typing the
letter "W", would open up a new blank document? **That** is your argument?
Seriously?

Please, let's get serious here. That functionality ** already existed ** in LO
in the past, and it was damn useful! Please, put it back in! Leave the
dogmatism outside and see this with a clear mind, and without thinking that LO
users are stupid and won't understand how the keyboard works!

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