Re: [Audacity-devel] One possible idea for improving shortcuts list. This is NOT final....

[Peter S. <pet...@ya...>]

Hi Leland,
 
this, to me, looks a *big* improvement over what we have now.
 
I particularly like having the sorted "Key" view - this should make
it much simpler to find unassigned keys/key combinations.  When
I set up some shortcuts it was hard work finding suitable unassigned
key combinations.
 
"Tree" view looks cool too - nice and clear labelling "on the tin" to say
what it does.
 
I'm not sure I can see myself wanting to use the "Name" view.
 
Peter.

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 From: Leland <le...@au...>
To: Audacity Development <aud...@li...> 
Sent: Monday, September 30, 2013 9:35 AM
Subject: Re: [Audacity-devel] One possible idea for improving shortcuts list. This is NOT final....
  


So, here's some screenshots of what I have ready to commit.  But, because of 2.0.5 I am delaying commit until I get approval.  I've set it up to use either the new way or the 2.0.4 way using a "#define", so it could be left in across the 2.0.5 release or I could simply revert all of the changes (sorting and all) to get it back to the 2.0.4 state.

But, I'd really like to get it into the hands of folks, at least for
    a couple of days, so they can provide feedback.  Then I could work
    on it more during the 2.0.5 "quiet" period.

Keep in mind that there's no way to satisfy everyone's desires, but
    I believe I've addressed at least most of the partially. (How's THAT
    for a warm fuzzy. :-))

First off, let's hit the treeview...

I know Gale had concerns that it might not be obvious to users what
    it depicts, but I think adding the word "Menu" gives them a pretty
    good clue.  (The "Command" category doesn't have "Menu" added.)

There's now thin lines between entries rather than alternating
    colors as they caused issues with the selected/not focused state.

The header is gone, so no manual sorting.  The treeview duplicates
    the menu structure so, we wouldn't want to sort it anyway.  However,
    the Commands category IS sorted.



Moving on to the "View by" radio buttons...

There's three different views as you can see.  Having 3 "views"
    should somewhat resolve concerns that David had about providing
    access to column sorting.  On all views, the columns are
    automatically sized so as not to cut anything off.  A horizontal
    scrollbar will automatically appear if needed.

Here's what the "Name" view looks like which provides the "All"
    category in sorted order.  It does add the submenu names if there
    are any, but it leaves off the top level menu name.



And finally the "Key" view which is sorted by the key name.



On to the "Filter" box...

When in the "Tree" or "Name" views, the filter provides a freeform
    search of the labels.  As you can see, it is case insensitive:



When in the "Key" view, the "Filter" box mimics the lower hotkey
    box, providing an easy way to search for key assignments:



General notes...

Using TAB/Shift-TAB to navigate away from the hotkey editbox now
    works.  Currently you'd get stuck there and couldn't get out on
    Linux.

Typing the first letter of the entries to move down the list now
    works on all 3 platforms.

Anyway, I think this is about as close to addressing everyone's
    concerns as I can get it.  Even so, I know it won't be perfect for
    each individual so I'd really like to start getting feedback if at
    all possible.

Leland



 
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