242201 - Forward key is the same as add-hyperlink key

Status: RESOLVED EXPIRED

(Thunderbird :: Message Compose Window, defect)

Description

[Eric Ellsworth]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.6) Gecko/20040206 Firefox/0.8
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.6) Gecko/20040206 Firefox/0.8

The key combination for forwarding a message from a message or main mail window
is Ctrl-L.  In a message compose window, Ctrl-L adds a hyperlink.  The change in
meaning of Ctrl-L is confusing.

My own preference for fixing this is to reassign Ctrl-F from find (which is much
less used than Forward) to forward, but I'm sure that this could provoke it's
own disputes.

Keep up the good work.


Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Go to mail window.  
2. Press Ctrl-L.  Observe that a composition window for a forwarded message comes up
3. Press Ctrl-L again.  Observe that dialog for adding a link now comes up.



Expected Results:  
The first press of the key combination for forward should open a compose window.
The key for forwarding should be disabled in a compose message window.

Comment 1

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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Comment 2

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

This bug has been automatically resolved after a period of inactivity (see above
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