66884 - Ctrl+K as shortcut for `Send Page' and `Forward Message'

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Core :: DOM: UI Events & Focus Handling, enhancement)

Description

[Matthew T (active 1999-2002)]

The current situation:
* In Navigator, Ctrl+L does `Open Location'.
* In mail/news, Ctrl+L does `Forward'.
* In Navigator, Ctrl+K does nothing.
* In mail/news, Ctrl+K does nothing.
* In message composition, Ctrl+K activates spell-checking (a non-existent
  feature in Mozilla).

I suggest this be changed to the following:
* In Navigator, Ctrl+L does `Open *L*ocation'.
* In mail/news, Ctrl+L gives focus to the folder menu in the *L*ocation Toolbar
  (bug 21344), for quick selection of mail folders when the folder pane is not
  visible.
* In Navigator, Ctrl+K does `Send Page'.
* In mail/news, Ctrl+K does `Forward Message'.
* In message composition, the keyboard shortcut for spell-checking either stays
  as Ctrl+K, or is dropped altogether -- since those likely to use it often
  enough to remember the keyboard shortcut for it will probably have it turned
  on for automatic checking before sending anyway.

Comment 1

[jglick]

Ctrl+K is also used for Netscape Composer Spell Check.  Cc'ing Charlie and Beth.

Comment 2

[Charles Manske]

I don't have any info on the popularity or frequency of use for Ctrl+K for
Spell Check in Composer. If we can agree on another key, it's fine with me.
Note that it must be the same in both web page and message Composers.

Comment 3

[timeless]

I don't see a problem w/ ctrl+k doing two things, one in navigator/messenger 
and one in editor/composer. in the first case you have a readonly medium and 
choose to edit it, in the second case you have a composition and choose to 
verify it.

Comment 4

[jglick]

I agree with Charlie that whatever is decided, Standalone Editor/Composer and 
Mail Compose should be the same.

Comment 5

[sairuh (rarely reading bugmail)]

cc'ing mail folx who might interested...

Comment 6

[Jens Kullenius]

I would strongly recommend that Ctrl + k in mail would continue work as it have 
in Netscape 4. If at least using Imap, it compacts the folder.

Comment 7

[timeless]

yeah, ctrl-k compact bit me when mpt mentioned it in another bug.

If it's compact folder, then why o why is it not displayed in the menu??

Comment 8

[Matthew T (active 1999-2002)]

Attachment: How accel+K worka in mail in Netscape 4

Comment 9

[Matthew T (active 1999-2002)]

Attachment: how accel+K works in Netscape 4 (2nd attempt)

Comment 10

[Jesse Ruderman]

Ctrl+Shift+K is currently "discontinue text styles" in Composer.  That shortcut 
might have to be moved in order for Ctrl+K to become "forward message" / "send 
link to page".  (See bug 78058 for a similar problem involving "discontinue 
link".)

Comment 11

[Charles Manske]

I'm totally apposed to using Ctl+K for Send Page or Forward Message. We already
have key conflicts that are making us change related keys. Please see bug 76917.

Comment 12

[Charles Manske]

Accel+K is currently "Check Spelling" in both Web and Mail Composers, and was
also used for that in 4.7

Comment 13

[jglick]

can we mark this as won't fix?

Comment 14

[Jesse Ruderman]

Fwiw, I'd rather not see this get wontfixed.

Comment 15

[Matthew T (active 1999-2002)]

*   Mozilla doesn't have a spell-checker.
*   `Discontinue text styles' sounds very 1980s. I haven't seen such a command
    in a word processor for years.
*   accel+K did Forward in 4.x, as you can see from the screenshot.

Comment 16

[Charles Manske]

Mozilla may not have a spell checker now, but obviously it's a very important
feature and it will have one eventually.
Accel+K *is* Spell Checking in Mail Composer; it is Foward only in the main mail
window. I reiterate my opinion that trying to have the same shortcuts in mail
window and mail composer is too difficult to do -- editing features should have
preference in mail composer.

Comment 17

[Manoj]

Why has the Send Page option been removed from the pop up menu... Could it be
supported again.

Comment 18

[Jesse Ruderman]

Manoj: see bug 26939 for discussion about whether "send page" should be in the
content area context menu.

Comment 19

[Alfonso Martinez]

*** Bug 96596 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 20

[Ben Johnson]

Here's the current key mappings from communicator 4.x:

http://help.netscape.com/products/client/communicator/qrc/msshrtpg.htm

Compress Folder is Ctrl + K on windows and Alt + K on UNIX
Forward Message is Ctrl + L on windows and Alt + L on UNIX

The Mac platform does not have a Compress Folder short cut and
maps accl + K to Forward message.

Consistant shortcuts should be used on all platforms. Since a larger
installed base (win + unix) uses K as Compress and L as Forward
that standard should be adopted.

Comment 21

[Charles Manske]

The Composer team has thoroughly discussed issues of key accelerators with jglick 
and we all agreed that various mail-related keys should not be implemented in
the Composer.
Composer has too many conflicts with the proposed keys, and in the editing context
the Composer keybindings are more important. E.g., Spell checking in a Composer
window is certainly more important than compacting folders, getting new mail, or 
other mail tasks not directly relating to editing tasks.

Comment 22

[rubydoo123]

removing myself from the cc list

Comment 23

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

Is there anything here worth salvaging? 

ctrl-K in mail is now spell check.
hasn't ctrl-K in browser standardized to search field?

Comment 24

[Robert Kaiser]

As this has been dead for quite some time now and I'm not sure if those assessments from years ago are still true for current SeaMonkey, let's close this bug.