Bug 1897411 Comment 17 Edit History

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Original comment by
on 
Just to make sure I understand correctly: even if we omit using the entire list ( Apple notes that the behavior of these shortcuts may vary with the app you're using.), there are still quite a few characters we can use that are not in use in Firefox on macOS: 
Ctrl + c
Ctrl + g (potential Ctrl + Alt + G equivalent is taken for a PDF-specific shortcut)
Ctrl + i
Ctrl + j
Ctrl + q
Ctrl + w
Ctrl + r  (potential Ctrl + Alt + G equivalent is taken for a PDF-specific shortcut)
Ctrl + y
Ctrl + u
Ctrl + x
Ctrl + z

> Shortcuts are usually not localized
Let me double-check to make sure I'm not misunderstanding: we don't localize shortcuts, but we localize `Alt + character` combinations (presumably to avoid collision with special symbols in various locales), right? 

If I understand both points correctly, that seems to leave us with a few potential equivalents (I can check Windows with Cyrillic layout with all of them for any collisions): 
**Can be pressed with one hand**: 
Ctrl + C (macos)/ Ctrl + alt + c (Linux and Windows) 
Ctrl + X / Ctrl + alt + X 
Ctrl + Z / Ctrl + alt + Z 

**Require two hands**: 
Ctrl + I
Ctrl + J
Ctrl + Q
Ctrl + W
Ctrl + Y
Ctrl + U
Revision 1 by
on 
Just to make sure I understand correctly: even if we omit using the entire list ( Apple notes that the behavior of these shortcuts may vary with the app you're using.), there are still quite a few characters we can use that are not in use in Firefox on macOS: 
Ctrl + c
Ctrl + g (potential Ctrl + Alt + G equivalent is taken for a PDF-specific shortcut)
Ctrl + i
Ctrl + j
Ctrl + q
Ctrl + w
Ctrl + r  (potential Ctrl + Alt + G equivalent is taken for a PDF-specific shortcut)
Ctrl + y
Ctrl + u
Ctrl + x
Ctrl + z

> Shortcuts are usually not localized
Let me double-check to make sure I'm not misunderstanding: we don't localize shortcuts, but we localize `Alt + character` combinations (presumably to avoid collision with special symbols in various locales), right? 

If I understand both points correctly, that seems to leave us with a few potential equivalents (I can check all of them for any collisions on Windows with Cyrillic layout): 
**Can be pressed with one hand**: 
Ctrl + C (macos)/ Ctrl + alt + C (Linux and Windows) 
Ctrl + X / Ctrl + alt + X 
Ctrl + Z / Ctrl + alt + Z 

**Require two hands**: 
Ctrl + I / Ctrl + alt + I
Ctrl + J / Ctrl + alt + J
Ctrl + Q / Ctrl + alt + Q
Ctrl + W / Ctrl + alt + W
Ctrl + Y / Ctrl + alt +Y
Ctrl + U / Ctrl + alt + U

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