[haiku-commits] Re: r39744 - haiku/trunk/src/kits/tracker
- From: Joseph Prostko <joe.prostko@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: haiku-commits@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2010 11:21:27 -0500
On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 10:36 AM, Axel Dörfler <axeld@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Stephan Aßmus<superstippi@xxxxxx> wrote:
>> > I'm not against using f2 as rename per se, but that should be part of a
>> > wider thinking on how to use the function keys as a whole.
>> You are the third or fourth to say this, yet nobody actually had any
>> vision for the function keys in Haiku.
In my personal use, I never use F2 for renaming, but I realize some
people may use it, and expect it to work. I actually used to have a
use case for using every F-key alone, and that was to simply change
workspaces (without the Alt key). I used to use the input_server
addon FWorkspaces which swapped Fx for Alt+Fx and Alt+Fx for Fx in all
cases. This made it "easier" to switch between the 12 workspaces I
use (F1 through F12), but it did have the drawback of making other
operations more difficult or confusing. For instance, refreshing a
webpage would require Alt+F5 instead of just F5.
That said, I doubt that making hitting a Function key alone providing
a workspace change would ever be our default behavior, as it'd likely
be more confusing to the end user wondering why a change of workspace
happened when he tried to refresh his webpage, for instance. Again,
that is an expectation issue on the user's part, since F5 refreshes on
every other platform by default.
Anyways, my previous comments aside, I think a mapping like Adrien
mentioned could be good. I'd like to have most (okay, at least half)
function keys mapped out to something standard system-wide (as best as
possible) though, otherwise I'd prefer nothing and just be able to set
them up in Shortcuts the way I want.
Just my opinion, and I really don't mind the change at all, as I think
it's a good start. I just would like to see more function keys
implemented to something, or else just have them all left alone.
- joe
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