> On 16-08-2015, at 18:42, Simon Urbanek <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
> On Aug 15, 2015, at 1:27 PM, David Winsemius <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>
>> On Aug 15, 2015, at 6:22 AM, Tim Bates wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>> A couple of minor suggestions for the mac GUI.
>>>
>>> First, Help window back-forward buttons.
>>>
>>> Often when the user has opened help, they want to navigate back a page.
>>> Currently the back ( "<“ ) and forward ( “>”) buttons in the help window
>>> lack key bindings. So one has to use the mouse to navigate forward and back.
>>
>> On my machine OSX 10.7.5 with SL-vers of R 3.2.1, R.app GUI 1.66 (6956), the
>> cmd-right-arrow and the cmd left arrow give forward and back behavior in the
>> help page display. I see little value in assigning this also or instead of
>> the current behavior. I discovered this by trial and error so it might be
>> worth documenting in the OSX-FAQ document, although it seemed pretty
>> intuitive and was the first thing I tried after seeing this request. (It's
>> how Firefox is configured.)
>>
>
>
> Yes, <Cmd><Left> and <Cmd><Right> is the default behavior in all browsers,
> including Safari. Since we simply use WebKit, we get that default, so it's
> consistent. Also not that it works in the absence of any buttons.
>
> The <Cmd><[>/<]> in interesting - I have never used it and wasn't aware of
> it, since IMHO the more intuitive way above works. Given that we don't
> explicitly define any key equivalent, we could add those to the buttons if
> people are interested.
>
The Safari History menu displays those two key equivalents (and not the other
above mentioned two). At least on my OS X and Safari.
I wouldn’t mind those key equivalents. I find them less contorted than the
<CMD><Left> and <CMD><Right>
> The GUI has been designed so long ago, that all our helper windows share the
> same main menu, so we don't actually have menu items for individual
> navigation, so there is no good place where to put the information about the
> available key bindings.
>
>
>>>
>>> Request: Could these keys be bound to "⌘-{" and "⌘-}" respectively? That
>>> would match how Safari handles this app (and many others that have followed
>>> it for history navigation).
>>>
>>> Second, The function help bar (bottom of the "R console” window) is very
>>> helpful, but perhaps in too small a font size.
>>>
>>> The font used is also smaller than Apple chooses to use for the comparable
>>> Finder folder-trail and selection status bars.
>>>
>>> Could the font size/bar height be upped a couple of points (or perhaps
>>> linked to the display font size?
>>>
>
>
> It was deliberately chosen to be so small, as to fit two lines of help.
> However, you're right that the hardware has evolved since this was done in a
> way where the effective size becomes increasingly smaller, so it may make
> sense to increase the size of the status bar along with the font size.
>
That would be wonderful.
Berend
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