On Tue, 2008-11-25 at 10:55 +0100, Guillaume Ardaud wrote: > On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 9:09 AM, Mackenzie Morgan <macoafi gmail com> wrote: > > In Ubuntu, we recently had a bug filed about Gedit not using ctrl+t to > > open a new tab[1]. After consulting the HIG, we see that this isn't one > > of the standard keyboard shortcuts. Should it be? Tabs are becoming > > increasingly common in applications (even Nautilus has them now), so > > maybe this is something that should be standardized in the next HIG > > revision. Does standardizing ctrl+t for "new tab" sound like a good > > idea to anyone else? > > > > [1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gedit/+bug/301942 > > Definitely. As you pointed out, tabs are increasingly popular in > application, and in the user mind are becoming a standard. There's > therefore no reason for us not to consider tab-related operations in > the HIG. > Ctrl-T, Ctrl-W, etc. are already the most popular shortcuts, so I > think we should definitely standardize them. This didn't go to the list, so forwarding there... Ctrl+w is currently set to "close current window." We don't want to lose that, so I think it should be close current tab, but if it's the last tab or if tabs don't exist in the app, it expands scope to include the entire window. It makes sense to me since the tabs are, from the user's perspective, like having a bunch of windows bundled together. -- Mackenzie Morgan http://ubuntulinuxtipstricks.blogspot.com apt-get moo
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