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IDProjectCategoryView StatusLast Update
0008908ScribusUsabilitypublic2019-09-28 05:55
ReporterBernhard Reiter Assigned Tojghali  
PrioritynormalSeverityfeatureReproducibilityN/A
Status closedResolutionno change required 
Product Version1.3.5.1 
Summary0008908: [OBSOLETE] Add default shortcut for "Align and Distribute"
DescriptionAlign and Distribute is such a useful dialog that there should be a default shortcut assigned to it; same holds possibly for some of the other dialogs, such as Scrapbook.
Tagsalign and distribute, shortcuts
PatchYes

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Bernhard Reiter

2010-04-28 17:53

reporter  

shortcut_align_f4.patch (637 bytes)   
--- /usr/share/scribus-ng/keysets/scribus13.xml	2009-06-17 22:49:13.000000000 +0200
+++ /home/bernie/Bugs/Scribus/shortcuts.xml	2010-04-28 19:51:56.000000000 +0200
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@
     <function shortcut="Ctrl+E" name="styleImageEffects" />
     <function shortcut="" name="styleTabulators" />
     <function shortcut="" name="toolsActionHistory" />
-    <function shortcut="" name="toolsAlignDistribute" />
+    <function shortcut="F4" name="toolsAlignDistribute" />
     <function shortcut="" name="toolsBookmarks" />
     <function shortcut="" name="toolsCopyProperties" />
     <function shortcut="E" name="toolsEditContents" />
shortcut_align_f4.patch (637 bytes)   

ale

2012-07-05 16:36

manager   ~0028372

any suggestion for the shortcut to be used?

aweibell

2019-09-04 19:57

reporter   ~0046629

As F4 is now used for text properties, I suggest F5 or F7 as a shortcut for the Align and distribute window.

ale

2019-09-04 20:41

manager   ~0046630

i'm not sure that a default shortcut is still needed...

first: i love shortcuts.

but, personally, i don't really like the F-keys... a few of them (F2, F3, F5) are somehow useful, but they're so far away and they do not really relate to the action or dialog.

also, now that we have an "action search" tool you can press ctrl-/ and type a few letters to easily get to a command / dialog.
for "align and distribute", i just tried and for me the simple solution i've found is to type "dis" and confirm with enter.
alt-/ dis enter ... that seems to be simple enough.

of, course, every user is free to define a shortcut for "align and distribute". but i'm not sure that by default we still need to attach a F-key to it.

i suggest to close this ticket...

aweibell

2019-09-05 09:01

reporter   ~0046631

I was not aware of the action search tool! i am used to that from IntelliJ IDEA and VS Code, so that is very convenient!

I was also not aware of the option to set custom keyboard shortcuts (i realize I have a lot to learn about Scribus) but when I found this issue I thought I could add that for me it would be useful to have a shortcut key for it.

Agree that it can be closed as long as there are plenty of other options to achieve it.

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2010-03-06 12:22 Bernhard Reiter New Issue
2010-04-28 17:53 Bernhard Reiter File Added: shortcut_align_f4.patch
2012-07-05 16:36 ale Note Added: 0028372
2016-05-14 22:19 Kunda Tag Attached: shortcuts
2016-05-14 22:19 Kunda Patch => Yes
2016-05-14 22:19 Kunda Tag Attached: align and distribute
2019-09-04 19:57 aweibell Note Added: 0046629
2019-09-04 20:41 ale Note Added: 0046630
2019-09-05 09:01 aweibell Note Added: 0046631
2019-09-05 15:21 ale Summary Add default shortcut for "Align and Distribute" => [OBSOLETE] Add default shortcut for "Align and Distribute"
2019-09-28 05:55 jghali Assigned To => jghali
2019-09-28 05:55 jghali Status new => resolved
2019-09-28 05:55 jghali Resolution open => no change required
2019-09-28 05:55 jghali Status resolved => closed