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Bug 624052 - shortkey for preferences
shortkey for preferences
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Product: empathy
Classification: Core
Component: Accounts
2.31.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: empathy-maint
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2010-07-10 15:56 UTC by Omer Akram
Modified: 2010-07-12 14:16 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: ---


Description Omer Akram 2010-07-10 15:56:08 UTC 
there is no shortkey for preferences and should be. ctrl+p or whatever you people prefer. there is an inconsistency between empathy and gwibber so if empathy gets any shortkey we can get the same in gwibber too. (gwibber uses ctrl+p)
Comment 1 Guillaume Desmottes 2010-07-12 08:28:30 UTC 
Ctrl+P is generally used for printing so I'd rather not using it.

AFAIK, there is no consenus on this. For example Epiphany and gedit don't have a shortkey but. Evolution uses Maj+Ctrl+S.
I'm not against adding one but I'd like to stay coherent with other GNOME apps.

Could you please do some research and see if one key is used in most GNOME app?
Comment 2 Omer Akram 2010-07-12 09:38:25 UTC 
I looked into many different gnome apps

gcalctool = nokey
nautilus = nokey
baobab = nokey 
gnome-terminal = nokey 
gedit = nokey 
ekiga = nokey 
totem = nokey 
rhythmbox = nokey
cheese = nokey
gnome-system-monitor = nokey

so it seems most gnome apps dont use any shortkey for preferences. but I think the case for an internet messenger is different. people interact with preferences more than they would in any other app.

here are some third party messengers.

amsn = ctrl+p
emescene = ctrl+p
pidgin = ctrl+p
Comment 3 Guillaume Desmottes 2010-07-12 13:32:45 UTC 
(In reply to comment #2)
> so it seems most gnome apps dont use any shortkey for preferences. but I think
> the case for an internet messenger is different. people interact with
> preferences more than they would in any other app.

Really? I almost never change my preferences.

I'd be tempted to WONTFIX for now as GNOME apps don't have such shortkey.