Opened 12 years ago

Last modified 11 years ago

#3536 closed enhancement

Browse: change back/forward navigation shortcut to Alt modifier — at Version 2

Reported by: manuq Owned by: erikos
Priority: Low Milestone: Unspecified
Component: Browse Version:
Severity: Unspecified Keywords: patch
Cc: silbe, manuq, humitos Distribution/OS: Unspecified
Bug Status: Unconfirmed

Description (last modified by manuq)

Alt is used in most browsers (Firefox, Epiphany) for back/forward navigation modifier and the left/right cursor keys. That's nice because Ctrl modifier and left/right keys is commonly used when editing text to move the cursor to previous/next word. I find frustrating the current behaviour, and catched me while editing a web form (like this I'm typing now in trac) or modifying the URL entry.

I wonder if is there a good reason to use Ctrl. Maybe because all other acceleratos use this modifier? This change was introduced in commit 972e93444546ff9320ab7ebfd9919696dc575887 by Sascha Silbe.

The patch attached changes the modifier to Alt.

Change History (3)

Changed 12 years ago by manuq

comment:1 Changed 12 years ago by erikos

Ok, if we care about it, we should make sure the shortcut is discoverable as well. Display it in the palette.

comment:2 Changed 12 years ago by manuq

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