GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 681653
Add "Escape" as shortcut for "Go Back"/"All Settings"
Last modified: 2013-01-16 09:47:48 UTC
The Go Back button doesn't have a tooltip and isn't easily recognizable as Go Back button. It also doesn't have a shortcut. Could you add Escape as shortcut?
Created attachment 228096 [details] [review] shell: Add "Escape" as a shortcut to return to the overview
Review of attachment 228096 [details] [review]: No. Escape is also used to cancel capture in the keyboard shortcuts panel, it's also used to cancel pre-edit when using IBus, or to dismiss dialogues. Ctrl+W can already be used to go back to the overview.
Normal users don't know / think of Ctrl-W. Escape is the natural shortcut for this action.
Ctrl+W is "close window/close tab" for other applications. Even if it's not discoverable, we won't be adding Esc as a shortcut. I'm leaving the bug opened for the part about not having a tooltip.
But it doesn't close the window, does it? Instead of the grid button, maybe you could use the familiar back button?
Shouldn't Ctrl+W close the window? Alt+Left is the standard shortcut for back.
(In reply to comment #6) > Shouldn't Ctrl+W close the window? Ctrl+W closes the document, it doesn't close the window in gedit for example, but would close the epiphany if it was the last tab. > Alt+Left is the standard shortcut for back. "Go to overview" isn't "go back". Alt+Up is probably a usable shortcut. See also bug 643322 about navigation/breadcrumb etc.
Why does this take years to solve? :(
(In reply to comment #8) > Why does this take years to solve? :( Because of helpful comments like this one?
Stop kidding me please.
(In reply to comment #10) > Stop kidding me please. Seriously, feel free to ask for a refund. Your comments are unhelpful, and they really don't make me want to spend any energy on this.
> Seriously, feel free to ask for a refund. Will do > Your comments are unhelpful Exactly what comments are you talking about? It was a serious question, #643322 was reported (by you) more than 1.5 years ago.
(In reply to comment #12) > It was a serious question, #643322 was reported (by you) more than 1.5 years > ago. It needs designer input, and probably quite a bit of thought (it clashes with the master switches used in some panels, it clashes with the idea of having the title of the panel in the toolbar itself when the system settings are fullscreened). The designers haven't had time to look into it. And I don't see this as a major bug that needs fixing right this minute.
Thanks for the bug report. This particular bug has already been reported into our bug tracking system, but please feel free to report any further bugs you find. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 691601 ***
Shouldn't you mark 691601 as a duplicate of 681653 (this one)?
(In reply to comment #15) > Shouldn't you mark 691601 as a duplicate of 681653 (this one)? 691601 is the one that's referenced in the commit log as being fixed.