Re: [Audacity-quality] [Audacity-devel] Introduction and Go to Selection patch
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From: Gale A. <ga...@au...> - 2013-04-23 23:16:14
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| From Steve the Fiddle <ste...@gm...> | Tue, 23 Apr 2013 23:48:35 +0100 | Subject: [Audacity-quality] [Audacity-devel] Introduction and Go to Selection patch > On 23 April 2013 22:43, Gale Andrews <ga...@au...> wrote: > > > > | From Steve the Fiddle <ste...@gm...> > > | Tue, 23 Apr 2013 22:07:41 +0100 > > | Subject: [Audacity-quality] [Audacity-devel] Introduction and Go to Selection patch > >> On 28 February 2013 01:53, Martyn Shaw <mar...@gm...> wrote: > >> > Hi George > >> > > >> > Thanks for your patch, which I have committed as-is. Others may well > >> > like to change that but I think it is progress on what we had, so I > >> > put it in. We possibly have too many menu items already, but 'View' > >> > isn't as long as some. > >> > > >> > TTFN > >> > Martyn > >> > >> I'd like to suggest a slight modification to this feature. > >> > >> The current View menu order is a bit bizarre. > >> Within the first section we have: > >> > >> Zoom In (Ctrl+1) > >> Zoom Normal (Ctrl+2) > >> Zoom Out (Ctrl+3) > >> Fit in Window (Ctrl+F) > >> Fit Vertically (Shift+Ctrl+F) > >> Zoom to Selection (Ctrl+E) > >> Go to Selection Start (Ctrl+4) > >> Go to Selection End (Ctrl+5) > >> > >> My suggestion is to put them into order of the default shortcuts: > >> > >> Zoom In (Ctrl+1) > >> Zoom Normal (Ctrl+2) > >> Zoom Out (Ctrl+3) > >> Go to Selection Start (Ctrl+4) > >> Go to Selection End (Ctrl+5) > >> Zoom to Selection (Ctrl+E) > >> Fit in Window (Ctrl+F) > >> Fit Vertically (Shift+Ctrl+F) > >> > >> > >> I've attached a patch. > >> > >> Steve > > > > Thanks, Steve. > > > > I think it's a slight improvement, but I still question using > > CTRL + number for shortcuts that are not zoom shortcuts. > > > > For example, CTRL + SHIFT + S would be available for > > Go to Selection Start and CTRL + SHIFT + D for Go to > > Selection End. > > > > Or less of a fingerfull, CTRL + G or CTRL + H, which takes > > the next available letters in the alphabet. > > > > Then we could keep the current menu order or perhaps: > > > > Zoom In (Ctrl+1) > > Zoom Normal (Ctrl+2) > > Zoom Out (Ctrl+3) > > Zoom to Selection (Ctrl+E) > > Fit in Window (Ctrl+F) > > Fit Vertically (Shift+Ctrl+F) > > Go to Selection Start (Ctrl+G) > > Go to Selection End (Ctrl+H) > > > > This keeps all the "Zoom", "Fit" and "Go" together and would > > have my vote. > > > > But CTRL + number is my main concern. > > > > I'm not keen on "Ctrl + random-letter-just-because-it's-available" OK, but your previous suggestion was CTRL + next-available-number :=) I found that even harder to remember because this is not a zoom feature. > How about Ctrl + [ for the start of the selection and Ctrl + ] for the end? > Open and close square brackets suggest the start and end of something, > and have a visual similarity with the start and end of the selection. +1 that seems a good choice. I had suggested CTRL + , and CTRL + . before, but changed my mind because it does not suggest a selection. The only thing I can perhaps see against CTRL + [ and CTRL + ] is that someone might argue for those if we implement "Zoom to Selection Start" and "Zoom to Selection End" sometime. If so we could use CTRL + SHIFT + [ and CTRL + SHIFT + ] for those. Gale |