GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 603084
in right-click menu, there are two(2) entries using "P" hotkey
Last modified: 2012-08-15 13:42:01 UTC
Originally reported at https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/487750. I am using ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackelope, and Nautilus version 1:2.26.2-0ubuntu2. When attempting to Copy/Paste into a directory, the right-click menu has two different entries ("Paste" and "Preferences") which both use the "P" hotkey, and instead of activating an option, pressing "P" just switches between highlighting "paste" and "preferneces" indefinitely. 1) Open up any folder. (i.e. Home Folder) 2) select any file or directory, right-click and select "Copy". 3) In any directory, right-click in empty space. 4) Press "P" 5) Press "P" Expected outcome is that pressing "P" will carry out the "Paste" command. Actual outcome is that "P" is assigned to more than one entry, and as such continually switches between the two actions instead of selecting and carrying out one action. Screenshot: http://launchpadlibrarian.net/36030818/Screenshot-My%20Red%20Theme%20-%20File%20Browser.png
Using "P" for paste is better So we need to have a new shortcut for Properties. Almost every other letter is used , the only other letter not used is "e" However ,there are are several other overlapping shortcuts! Open in a new Tab , Cut For menu bar: Scripts , Connect to server New Tab , Open in a new Tab .. Seems to a common "feature"!
hi, i agree, since i posted this as a "bug" i have noticed that there are several more shortcuts that do the same thing, and if you use that hotkey to select one and then press enter it selects it...so now it does kinda seem like more of a "feature" than a "bug". Ive just kinda learned to live with it. but one thing that has been driving me crazy is there is no keyboard shortcut for "Extract Here". Ive grown quite fond of right clicking something and then using the keyboard shortcut for an action rather than using the mouse to select it from the context menu..but there is NO way to select "Extract Here" without using the mouse to select it. It REALLY needs to have its own designator, id go so far as to say that if THAT were fixed, I could ignore the paste/properties issue indefinitely. -BMFC
BMFC, the "Extract Here" menu item isn't created by nautilus but file-roller, so for that you should create a new bug report against the file-roller product.
(In reply to comment #1) > Using "P" for paste is better > So we need to have a new shortcut for Properties. Agreed. > However ,there are are several other overlapping shortcuts! > Open in a new Tab , Cut > > For menu bar: > Scripts , Connect to server > New Tab , Open in a new Tab > .. > > Seems to a common "feature"! Looks like we need to have a serious look at this. A mapping exercise might be in order.
Windows uses _P for Paste and _r for Properties.
Created attachment 221190 [details] [review] Fix mnemonics clash between Paste and Properties
Review of attachment 221190 [details] [review]: Looks good!