On Saturday, October 14, 2017, Scott in Pollock
<[email protected]> wrote:
Those users could have simply turned off Full Keyboard Access in
System Preferences or used the global keyboard shortcut CNTRL-F7 to
toggle the setting.
[...]
I am curious if I am the only one really bugged about this
behavior change, especially since there was a perfectly
workable solution in the System Prefs for those users who were
losing unsaved changes by *accidentally* hitting the SpaceBar
when closing their doc without saving their work.
To reprise and amplify on the answer you received when you wrote
in to Tech Support:
The "Full Keyboard Access" setting is an accessibility feature
of the OS, designed primarily to serve the needs of users with disabilities.
We received feedback from customers who use that accessibility
feature, indicating that data loss was occuring with the
previous default setting, which encouraged us to reconsider the default.
While we understand the power of muscle memory and the
importance of convenience, we believe that a customer who
*needs* Full Keyboard Access in order to use our software should
not be exposed to a greater risk of data loss than someone who
uses the feature for convenience.
People who need an assistive feature can't "just turn it off",
so while we're sensitive to the fact that you will need to adapt
to using a different keystroke, on balance, we've had to make
the decision that potential data loss is a more pressing concern.
In this case, it's not a question that yields to an "argumentum
ad numerum."
There are functioning solutions that have worked in BBEdit since time
out of mind:
- Command-Delete (backspace) is a system-standard shortcut for
"discard changes", and works in this confirmation panel as an
equivalent for "Don't Save".
- Command-D still works as a keyboard equivalent for "Don't
Save" in this confirmation panel.
- With Full Keyboard Access turned on, you can use the Tab key
to navigate between accessible buttons in any window, and that
works here as well. One press of the Tab key will move keyboard
focus to the "Don't Save" button. (I know it's an extra
keystroke; if your Tab key wears out I will buy you a new one.)
As mentioned above, we realize that any of these will require
you to adjust your keyboarding habits in this particular case,
and I'm sorry about that. But in this case we've decided that
it's better to not put users who *need* the assistive feature at
greater risk of data loss.
(If there's going to be any change made, it will likely be to
default keyboard focus to "Cancel" rather than "Save", since you
make a good point about unintentionally saving a document. But
you'll still need to practice your Command-D or Command-Delete.)
R.
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Someday I'll look back on all this and laugh... until they
sedate me.
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