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Link: http://www.fltk.org/str.php?L2243
Version: 1.3-current


andek: Re #2: No, STR #2199 only wanted the Alt modifier to trigger the
button shortcuts, not Shift (or regular keys).

There are many good reasons for not wanting that, since it means a user
doing regular typing might accidentally trigger button shortcuts. (eg. if
the user thought they were typing in an input field, but the input field
didn't have focus at the time..)

Example: An interface to control industrial machinery that has two
buttons, &Start and &All Stop., and an input field. A user wants to type
the word "Sally" into the input field, but forgets to give the input field
focus; The 'S' and 'a' in 'Sally' would trigger both the "Start" and "All
Stop" buttons accidentally, starting and stopping the machinery
unexpectedly.

As STR#2199 reads (OP):

   Shift+letter activates button/label shortcuts, same as alt+letter.
   [..] I have never before used shift as activation key for shortcuts
   in any program.

Also: there is also a follow up in that STR comparing linux and windows
behavior of button shortcuts, using Firefox's own behavior as an example,
showing letter codes don't work for buttons in windows, but do in linux:
http://fltk.org/newsgroups.php?gfltk.general+v:28192


Link: http://www.fltk.org/str.php?L2243
Version: 1.3-current

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