363833 - MozillaTranslator accelerator keys should be based on Ctrl, not on Alt

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Mozilla Localizations Graveyard :: MozillaTranslator, defect)

Description

[RickieES aka Ricardo Palomares]

MozillaTranslator accelerator keys ("commandkeys" in Mozilla terminology) are based on [Alt] + <something>. However, it is more common to base them on [Ctrl] key. It has been always this way for MS Windows and it is common now for Linux, too. Besides, [Alt] is used to drop down main menu options (File, Edit, etc.), which causes some conflicts.

Unless someone give enough reasons to not do it, I'd like to change all current accelerators to [Ctrl] based ones. I intend to NOT use these common accelerators:

[Ctrl]+[C]
[Ctrl]+[X]
[Ctrl]+[V]

I'm thinking of using these common accelerators:

[Ctrl]+[O] (Edit -> [Open] Chrome View)
[Ctrl]+[S] (File -> Save Glosary)
[Ctrl]+[Q] (File -> Exit)

Furthermore, I will try that every menu option currently with accelerator to keep having one after the change, probably the same based on [Ctrl] instead of [Alt]. Any suggestions for other keybindings are welcome.

Comment 1

[RickieES aka Ricardo Palomares]

(In reply to comment #0)
> I'm thinking of using these common accelerators:
> 
> [Ctrl]+[O] (Edit -> [Open] Chrome View)


I've decided to not use [Ctrl]+[O], which is regarded as "open file", to invoke an action nearer to edit/view. Following comment has my proposal.

Comment 2

[RickieES aka Ricardo Palomares]

[Alt] -based accelerators for main menu options:

[F] -> File
[I] -> Import
[X] -> Export
[E] -> Edit
[A] -> Advanced
[H] -> Help

Available keys after assignment: BCDGJKLMNOPQRSTUVWYZ


[Ctrl] -based shortcuts common menu actions:

Reserved for common use:
[C] -> Copy
[X] -> Cut
[V] -> Paste


[M] File / Manage Products
[U] File / Update Product
[S] File / Save Glossary
[T] File / Save Settings
[Q] File / Quit

[O] Import / File

[L] Export / File
[J] Export / JAR
[I] Export / XPI

[H] Edit / Chrome View
[A] Edit / QA Queries / All above at once
[F] Edit / Search
[R] Edit / Replace
[E] Edit / Edit phrase

Available keys after assignment: BDGKNPWYZ

I've left [Ctrl]+[P] available on purpose, as it is so usual for Print action.

While looking this, I've come to conclussion that File / Update Product and Import / CVS Directory are the same option, just for different product configurations (first one for JAR-based products, second for CVS-based products). I'll try to merge them in just one option.

Comment 3

[RickieES aka Ricardo Palomares]

(In reply to comment #2)
> [Alt] -based accelerators for main menu options:
> (...)
> [Ctrl] -based shortcuts common menu actions:
> (...)

Nobody talked against the proposed set of shortcuts, so I've applied them and comitted the changes into CVS.