GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 783659
<Shift+Ctrl+R> (View->Reload) shortcut is missed in modern versions of Meld
Last modified: 2017-12-13 19:26:18 UTC
Steps to reproduce: 1. Install Ubuntu 16.04 LTS with modern Meld (3.14.2). 2. Open two files in Meld, change one of them with text editor (kate, pluma, geany, etc.) 3. Try to use <Shift+Ctrl+R> to Refresh left and right objects. Expected results: * user is able to use <Shift+Ctrl+R> to refresh left and right objects. Actual results: * user is unable to use <Shift+Ctrl+R> to refresh left and right objects. User must to use mouse and click "File->Revert" with it. Notes: 1. For backward compatibility Meld show have <Shift+Ctrl+R> shortcut. It should Refresh both sides. Current "Revert" label is not correct. In text editors revert means "reject changes and reload original version of file from disk". Previous version (1.5.3 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) does this correctly. 2. Sometimes Meld does not detect file changes, so <Shift+Ctrl+R> shortcut will be very useful.
I'm sorry, but I feel that there should be very little demand for this action, which is why there's no shortcut for it. The other bug you've filed about not showing the refresh prompt is, as far as I'm concerned, the real problem here. The term "Revert" was chosen because it's what gedit used for this action (prior to the new-style UI, where there's no label) and because that's what it does. It reverts the state of the files in the editor to the state on disk. It's worth mentioning that you keep saying "Refresh", but that's definitely not what refresh did. In older versions of Meld this was called "Reload".
I should mention that it's relatively easy to hack this shortcut in yourself. If you edit the installed `filediff.ui` file, find the `Revert` GtkAction and add a line like: <accelerator key="R" modifiers="GDK_SHIFT_MASK | GDK_CONTROL_MASK"/> then that should work.
Dear Kai! I'm sorry I'made a mistake. In previous versions it really was called Reload (with <Shift+Ctrl+R> shortcut). "Refresh" works different.
About accelerator key I want to say this: you (as developers) removed shortcut for Reload/Revert option. It would be great if you bring accelerator key back. I'm user, not developer. I expect stable user experience with Meld.
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