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Bug 578091 - Improvements for enabling keyboard shortcuts
Improvements for enabling keyboard shortcuts
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: vinagre
Classification: Applications
Component: general
git master
Other All
: Normal minor
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Assigned To: vinagre-maint
vinagre-maint
: 585363 610951 (view as bug list)
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2009-04-06 03:15 UTC by Robert Ancell
Modified: 2010-02-26 11:25 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: ---


Description Robert Ancell 2009-04-06 03:15:06 UTC 
While it useful that the application keyboard shortcuts are disabled by default  (bug 485317) this leads to some confusion for first time users.

Some things that may help:

- Rewording of the preferences item - it currently says "Show menu shortcuts" which is misleading.  Consider something like "Allow keyboard shortcuts",  i.e. emphasise this is all keyboard shortcuts and they are both visible and usable.

- Some information in the help documentation about what is disabled, why and how to enable them.

- Perhaps consider a first-time dialog that says "Keyboard shortcuts disabled by default.  <rationale>.  You can enable these in the preferences".  This seems important in the case of vinagre as it behaves differently to most GNOME applications in this regard.

Ubuntu bug:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vinagre/+bug/353859
Comment 1 gnomebugs 2009-04-17 16:05:02 UTC 
It's worth mentioning that in the default configuration (i.e. no keyboard shortcuts) it becomes impossible to exit fullscreen mode once it has been entered. The only real options are either killing the X server with ctrl+alt+backspace or switching to a virtual terminal and killing vinagre from there. IMO not very user friendly.
Comment 2 Jonh Wendell 2009-04-17 16:17:02 UTC 
what about just move the mouse to the top of the [full]screen?
Comment 3 gnomebugs 2009-04-17 18:32:56 UTC 
I hadn't realised that was possible. Please ignore my earlier comment :)
Comment 4 Jonh Wendell 2009-08-10 14:38:00 UTC 
*** Bug 585363 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 5 Jonh Wendell 2010-01-27 14:36:07 UTC 
Thanks, I've implemented all your suggestions.
Comment 6 Jonh Wendell 2010-02-26 11:25:27 UTC 
*** Bug 610951 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***