Re: [Usability] Shift-Del, Shift-Ins

["Hasbullah Bin Pit (sebol)" <sebol ikhlas com>]

I've file a bug for it , (lazy to query the number) ..
anyway, i did some study between Linux user in My Country
there are still many peole are used to it.

i suppose to write report about it, but i dont have time,

from my opniion, if the shift ins / ctrl ins enabled at gnome,
i think we sould encourage it, instead of ctrl-v/c .

for 1 reason ...
  it's not conflicted with any other N*X apps that i've found.


On Wed, 20 Feb 2002, P G wrote:

> Hi again!
> 
> Shift-Del and -Ins are standard Windoze key sequences for Cut and Paste.  I know 
> people who are used to using these, rather than C-x, C-v.  I am one of those, and 
> it's quite frustrating when they don't work:  a couple of Shift-Ins attempts to 
> paste yield nothing; I try C-v a couple of times, only to remember that Shift-Del 
> deletes but doesn't copy to the clipboard;  with anxiety now, I try Undo, then 
> C-x;  if Undo is not implemented it's even worse.
> 
> Secondly, these key sequences are a way to cut and paste using just the Right Hand 
> Side of the keyboard.  This means greater accessibility, for example for users 
> with disabilities, and for anyone navigating with the keyboard's Right Hand Side 
> (arrow keys, Home, End, PageUp, PageDown, Modifier keys).
> 
> So, I'd like to suggest an addition to 
> 
>   the Human Interface Guide, 
>     Chapter "User Input"
>       Section "Keyboard Interaction",  
>         Table 6, "Standard GNOME application shortcut keys and access keys - Edit 
> menu":
> 
> 
> Function | Shortcut  | Description
> ---------+-----------+-----------------------------------------------
> Cut      | Shift-Del | If the selected area is editable, 
>          |           |     cut it and store it in the clipboard
>          |           | else
>          |           |     copy it into the clipboard
> ---------+-----------+-----------------------------------------------
> Paste    | Shift-Ins | Paste contents of clipboard at cursor position
> 
> 
> This is an extention to the starnard Shift-Del functionality.  It lets the user 
> use the same sequence to copy from a browser selection, for example.  The 
> association in teh user's mind would then be 'same as Cut, but for non-editable 
> text'.
> 
> What are your opinions?
> 
> Philip
> 
> 

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