Shortcuts in Swing? (question for pals from Apple) (original) (raw)

Johannes Schindelin Johannes.Schindelin at gmx.de
Tue Nov 22 16:19:48 PST 2011

Hi Michael,

On Tue, 22 Nov 2011, Michael Hall wrote:

On Nov 22, 2011, at 5:25 PM, Scott Palmer wrote:

> The problem is that if there is no keyboard shortcut like Cmd-O to > open, then the action is completely inaccessible via the keyboard. Ah. Been a while since I did much of anything with Windows, also I tend to more often use the mouse.

Having to reach over to the mouse just slows me down. I am a touch typer, and one of the applications I use regularly has way more than the 26 letters that would be easily accessible via the accelerators (even 52 -- with the Shift key -- or 51 -- Cmd+H cannot be used -- would be too few).

Besides, it is very convenient if the application does not ask you to remember all the shortcuts. For example, if I need to access the "Create Mask" menu entry in the "Selection" menu in the "Edit" menu a lot today (and maybe tomorrow) but not so often any other time, I really like to get used to the Alt+E S M incantation for that day.

Please understand, however, that I have not the slightest interest in starting a flamewar about user interface design here. I don't care what others prefer. I do have my preference and if it is supported on the OS, I am happy.

So if you have an answer to my original question ("How do I access menus [not menu entries] quickly via the keyboard?") I would be most grateful.

Ciao, Johannes

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