I have one more note on this thread, since I know Simon is going to poke at it and see how things look.
The added ability to temporarily reveal the address bar currently maps to CTRL-I (perhaps the "I" of URI is the mapping?). I propose that it would be clearer to use ALT-L instead, in keeping with the notion that ALT provides a variation on a command. CTRL-L would focus the location bar (and thereby reveal the URI), whereas ALT-L would simply reveal it temporarily without changing focus. - Eben On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 10:50 AM, Eben Eliason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm pulling this thread back out since we may wish to integrate parts > of this into the next release. Cortland, let us know if you have time > and interest to work on any of the changes I mentioned in my comments. > If not, perhaps either Simon or Tomeu (both CC'd) will extend what > you've already provided. Thanks again for the patches! > > - Eben > > > On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 12:30 PM, Eben Eliason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Just a high level take on these patches... >> >> On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 10:46 PM, Cortland Setlow >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> This patch does three things, and I'll be happy if even one makes it in to >>> Browse. >>> >>> It causes ctrl-l (lowercase L) to put focus on the address bar like in all >>> other browsers that do not make me angry. >> >> Sounds good to me. Adherence to well known shortcuts is usually a >> win, and this is a basic feature we didn't have before, as far as I >> know. I suppose the mnemonic is "location". >> >>> It causes ctrl-d to do what ctrl-l used to do, namely do a >>> screenshot-bookmark. This is the standard bookmark key. Pressing ctrl-d >>> more times will show/hide the bookmark toolbar, so if you accidentally show >>> it you can get rid of the large and obnoxious thing. Ctrl-b will also >>> show/hide it, cause why not? >> >> Anyone care to explain the mnemonic for Ctrl-d? Again, keeping to the >> standards can't really be a bad thing. I'm unsure about overloading >> the shortcut with the bar toggle, though. I might instead offer that >> alt-ctrl-d could make be added for making a bookmark "silently" >> (without revealing the tray, if it's hidden). I think it's better to >> keep the notion of creating a bookmark and toggling the bookmark tray >> independent. In my browser, command-shift-B toggles the bookmark bar, >> but I can't see a reason to require the extra shift modifier (is that >> a standard elsewhere?). The shortcut for this is currently >> ctrl-space, I think...if we make ctrl-b serve this purpose we should >> remove the other shortcut. >> >>> It causes ctrl-i to show the URI of the page instead of the title, >>> temporarily. Good for checking that one isn't being fished. >> >> This is a pretty interesting idea, and a very nice addition to the >> concept of the combined URL/address bar. If you're up to it, I would >> appreciate it if you could try out another related idea which I've >> been thinking about. I think it would also make sense to reveal the >> URI whenever the cursor is within the entry, so that it's possible to >> select all or part of it, or position the cursor in a meaningful way >> when clicking into it. >> >> I think that we could certainly make use of most of this with the >> changes/additions described above! Thanks for your efforts! >> >> - Eben >> > _______________________________________________ Sugar mailing list [email protected] http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/sugar
