I'd say file an RFE, but best to get as specific as possible about what mechanism needs to be changed and how. I.e. Exactly the desired behavior, what blocks it, and where the change would need to be.
-Tim On Tue, Feb 27, 2018 at 11:00 AM cowwoc <[email protected]> wrote: > Is it okay if I file a RFE for this, or do you feel it should stew a bit > longer in the mailing list? > > Gili > > On 2018-02-26 3:47 PM, Christian Lenz wrote: > > I figured out that problem too, but I don’t know whether this is window > specific or not. > > Sure I think you can add a shortcut to your Code, which is already > taken. You got a warning after NetBeans started that says: „there is a > duplicate“. > > Maybe it overrides it or not, I don’t know atm. But if not and you > created an Action, where you can Change the shortcut via KeyMap Options, > you sometimes overrides existing ones (Which Shows you a warning or error > that another one has the same etc.), but yes they should work context > sensitve, and some are still working context sensitive, afaik. > > > > I set ctrl + b to Show the git browser for branches etc. This shortcut > only Woks, when I select a Project. If I’m in the Editor, it will set a > bookmark or open the bookmark window. So there is smth like a context > sensitive way to implement shortcuts but I don’t know the logic at all. > > > > My 2 cents > > > > > > Cheers > > > > Chris > > > > Von: Tim Boudreau > > Gesendet: Montag, 26. Februar 2018 19:59 > > An: [email protected] > > Betreff: Re: Platform API: Context-sensitive keyboard accelerators > > > > It's been a long time since I worked on the code involved, so my > > recollection may be a little fuzzy, but this may help point you in a > > direction or two: > > > > There is a general problem that NetBeans supports, or at least used to > > support, both single window pseudo-SDI mode and a multiple windows mode. > > And keyboard shortcuts propagate down to the InputMap/KeyMap of the > window > > in question. My recollection is that this was originally handled with an > > AWTEventListener, because that was the one way to guarantee shortcuts > > worked globally, no matter the windowing layout. I *think* we migrated > > that to something using InputMap/KeyMap around 2003 or so, but there may > > still be workarounds to ensure things work globally. > > > > What I'd suggest to try is an experiment - create a dialog with the > dialogs > > API and try binding a key you know is bound as a global shortcut. Use > > InputMap/KeyMap and attach it to, most likely, the root pane of the > dialog. > > > > If it works, then it's just a matter of implementing shortcuts in the > right > > places (make sure to call consume() on the event to stop it propagating > > further). If it doesn't, then some more fundamental work that's likely > to > > touch how key bindings work globally may be needed. > > > > Also bear in mind that key bindings are different for different > platforms - > > on Mac OS, the alt key is a compose key for international characters and > > cannot have shortcuts bound to it (ctrl is used instead), and some > > keybindings are mapped to different keys for consistency with other Mac > OS > > apps (there's a syntax for defining keybindings in OS-neutral ways, for > > declarative bindings). > > > > HTH, > > > > Tim > > > > > > On Mon, Feb 26, 2018 at 9:11 AM, cowwoc <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> Hi, > >> > >> Netbeans has an extremely long (and getting longer) list of keyboard > >> shortcuts. Part of the problem is that (for the most part) keyboard > >> shortcuts are not context-sensitive nor are they able to be > >> context-sensitive. I'll give you a simple example I raised a few years > back: > >> > >> When the editor Find & Replace dialog is focused, we have "Replace" and > >> "Replace All" buttons. It would be nice if we could map ALT+A to > "Replace > >> All" as many other applications do. Unfortunately, ALT+A is already > mapped > >> to the Refactor pulldown menu. The platform API does not allow mapping > the > >> same keyboard accelerator to different UI actions depending on the > context. > >> As a result, we end up with akward combinations like ALT+P for Replace > All. > >> > >> Please see https://netbeans.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=222843 for > >> additional context. > >> > >> Is anyone else interested in this issue? Is anyone interested in working > >> on it? > >> > >> Thank you, > >> Gili > >> > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > >> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > >> > >> For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit: > >> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit: > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists > > > > -- http://timboudreau.com
