[haiku-bugs] [Haiku] #7965: Keymap Modifiers Menu with Mac Modifiers Option

  • From: "jscipione" <trac@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 06 Sep 2011 02:17:07 -0000

#7965: Keymap Modifiers Menu with Mac Modifiers Option
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 Reporter:  jscipione           |        Owner:  axeld
     Type:  enhancement         |       Status:  new
 Priority:  normal              |    Milestone:  R1
Component:  Preferences/Keymap  |      Version:  R1/Development
 Keywords:                      |   Blocked By:
 Blocking:                      |  Has a Patch:  0
 Platform:  All                 |
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 This ticket provides an enhancement to the Keymap preference application
 that changes the "Switch Shortcuts to Windows/Linux Mode" button to a "Set
 modifier keys" drop down menu. This menu has 4 options:

     - Haiku modifiers (default)
     - Windows/Linux modifiers (swaps control and command)
     - Mac modifiers (swaps command and option).
     - Custom (only shows up if you manually manipulate the keymap)

 This is what the menu looks like normally:

 [[Image(Keymap Modifiers Menu)]]

 The new option here is Mac modifiers. This menu item will switch the
 command and option keys on your keyboard which is a useful thing to do if
 you are using a Mac keyboard on Haiku (as I am) because the relative
 positions of the buttons are physically reversed from those on a PC
 keyboard. This could also be modified in a keymap file but this is a more
 user friendly way to take care of the problem. Also if you are using a Mac
 keymap (that switches the command and option keys for you) then the menu
 will automatically be set to "Mac modifiers" for you. You then have the
 option to choose "Haiku modifiers" if you want to reverse them again.


 This is what the menu looks like when you manually manipulate the keymap
 in some custom way (in this case I swapped the left control and caps lock
 keys):

 [[Image(Keymap Modifiers Menu custom)]]

 A "custom" option is added to the menu and it is selected. If you choose
 one of the other options the keymap application does its best to place the
 modifiers in the mode you asked for, although with a custom keymap some
 manual manipulation may be required. In this case the keymap application
 doesn't put the caps lock key back to its original location. However, you
 can drag and drop the key back to its default location. The rest of the
 modifiers are in their correct position and even the left control key is
 hidden under the caps lock key in the correct position.


 The patch below also makes another minor change. It modifies the Deadkeys
 menu to be a BMenu instead of a BPopupMenu. The only difference between
 the two in this case is that the menu pops up below the mouse cursor
 instead of right under it like this:

 [[Image(Keymap Deadkeys Menu)]]

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Ticket URL: <http://dev.haiku-os.org/ticket/7965>
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