"Humdinger" <humdingerb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > -- Axel Dörfler, on Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:06:14 +0100: > > "Humdinger" <humdingerb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > What do you say to OPT+ESC (i.e. "Win"+ESC). Activating a > > > window's > > > menu is done with CMD+ESC (i.e. "Alt"+ESC) right now. > > That makes sense, although OPT is not the menu key - the windows > > key > > is the opt key. > But while every keyboard AFAIK has an OPT key (Win or AltGr (normally > to the right of the spacebar), not everyone has a menu key, right? No, it either has the windows and the menu keys, or none of those. That might differ for Apple keyboards, though - I don't know. > > I wouldn't mind to make the menu key an alternative to the Ctrl-Alt > > modifier, as it's actually pretty much unused. > Because of the above, I'd opt for OPT. Plus, with all the switching > business - between apps (CMD+Tab), within apps (CTRL+Tab, toggle with > CTRL+~) - switching workspaces could be moved from ALT+Fx, toggle > with > ALT+~ to OPT+Fx and OPT-~. > Add to that OPT instead of CTRL+ALT +Cursor for Workspace navigating > +LMB for window moving (and resizing one day?) and you have all the > needed modifier keys neatly in one place. And this mostly window > management is done with the "Windows" key. :) OPT is problematic, as that one is already in use by applications (like Wonderbrush). Of course we could break compatibility in this regard, but I wouldn't like that. Bye, Axel.