[haiku-development] Re: Shortcuts that require shifting don't work
- From: Stefano Ceccherini <stefano.ceccherini@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2009 20:12:42 +0200
2009/8/26 Ryan Leavengood <leavengood@xxxxxxxxx>:
> If a shortcut requires shifting to get to the character for the
> shortcut, it won't work. The obvious example is Cmd-+, which is
> frequently used for zooming. The normal plus key on most keyboards and
> keymaps is the shifted =. Since the shift key can also be used to
> define the shortcut, we obviously have a problem. Of course on full
> size keyboards the plus key is available unshifted by the numpad, but
> that doesn't help laptop users.
> Other OSes seems to deal with this correctly, so it may be worth
> looking into how they do it. Did BeOS also have this problem? I think
> so because I can recall adding Cmd-= as another shortcut for zooming
> in ShowImage.
>
Yes, BeOS also had this problem.
And, it's a known problem :-)
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