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Bug 123724 - Escape key should delete what is typed
Escape key should delete what is typed
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: gnome-calculator
Classification: Core
Component: general
unspecified
Other Linux
: Normal minor
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Assigned To: Rich Burridge
Rich Burridge
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2003-10-02 17:45 UTC by Vincent Untz
Modified: 2004-12-22 21:47 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.3/2.4


Description Vincent Untz 2003-10-02 17:45:31 UTC 
Suppose I type 232343. And then it comes to my mind it was stupid to type
this because I wanted to type 45436. My intuition tells me to hit 'escape'
to be able to type a new number (ok, that's a bad story, but it's just to 
show the idea :-)).

Mmmmhhh. Not sure you'll understand what I mean. Well, just ask for more
precision if you don't undersand.
Comment 1 Rich Burridge 2003-10-02 20:35:03 UTC 
Heh. Well my first reaction was to close this
out as WONTFIX and point you at the Del and
Backspace keys, but then I decided to see what
the Microsoft calculator does. Sure enough, hitting
the Esc key is the same as hitting the Del key.

This would be a fairly trivial change and I'm
up for it, but I've added Calum to the CC: to
make sure he's okay with it from an HCI perspective.

Thanks for submitting this Vincent.
Comment 2 Rich Burridge 2003-10-03 15:47:39 UTC 
As Calum pointed out to me, hitting Esc
should do the same as what CE (clear entry)
does, not what Del does. CE was mapped to
Control-Backspace. It now also works with Esc.

Changes checked into CVS HEAD. Fixed in v4.3.12.