Re: [Audacity-quality] "Context Key"?

[Vaughan J. <va...@au...>]

On 7/24/2012 9:45 PM, Bill Wharrie wrote:
> 
> On 24/07/2012, at 11:32 PM, Steve the Fiddle wrote:
> 
>> Cc: to audacity-manual@
>>
>> On 25 July 2012 03:20, Vaughan Johnson <va...@au...> wrote:
>>> On 7/24/2012 5:39 PM, Steve the Fiddle wrote:
>>>> On 25 July 2012 01:19, Vaughan Johnson <va...@au...> wrote:
>>>>> What is a "Context Key"? It's not standard terminology to my knowledge
>>>>> (plus web search), but it's in the over-long tooltip for TimeTextCtrl
>>>>> ("Use right mouse button or context key to change format") and the manual.
>>>>
>>>> I presume that it's this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Context_menu
>>>
>>> But "Context Key" appears nowhere there. It's not a common term, afaik.
>>>
>>> The closest term there is "Mouse keys in Universal Access" for Mac OS
>>> only, but there's no "Context Key".
>>
>> I don't think it's very common - certainly not on Windows or Linux.
>>
>> It 'may' be useful for the Tool tip to indicate that right click  may
>> be used to change the format, (but the TimeTextCtrl has the same
>> little black arrow as used elsewhere). I don't think that it is
>> necessary or desirable to mention "Context Key".
> 
> I'd surmise that "context key" was a reference to the fact that Mac users with a one-button mouse can use the control key plus left-click (equivalent to right-click) to access a "context menu". However, in the "context" of the quote below and the tooltip above, it makes no sense.
> 
> How about "Right-click to change format" for the tootip?

As per my reply to Steve, "right-click" is only one way to access the
context menu, but I think it should be description, not instruction,
anyway.

- V