[Digikam-devel] Image Editor shortcuts review

Mikolaj Machowski mikmach at wp.pl
Sat Apr 28 19:27:56 BST 2007


Hello,

Image Editor shortcuts review. I will open BKO entries but only for BAD
things, everything else is for discussion here.

Action 
New 
Ctrl+N 
	OK - N/A
Open 
Ctrl+O 
Open a document 
	OK - N/A
Save 
Ctrl+S 
Save the current document 
	OK
Save As 
Ctrl+Shift+S 
Save the current document 
	BAD - used as 'Fit to selection'.
Reload 
F5 
Reload the current document/view 
	OK - N/A (?) Not really sure here, maybe it should be used when changes
    where outside of Digikam?
Print 
Ctrl+P 
Print the current document 
	OK
Close 
Ctrl+W 
Close the current document 
	BAD - used to call White Balance plugin, should close Image Editor window.
Quit 
Ctrl+Q 
Quit the application 
	BAD - it closes Image Editor *only*. Image Editor is part of Digikam - not
    separate application.  Ctrl-Q should go down to Digikam and close 
everything
Edit menu  
Undo 
Ctrl+Z 
Undo the last operation 
	OK
Redo 
Ctrl+Y 
Ctrl+Shift+Z 
Redo the last undone operation 
	OK - C-S-Z works.
    BAD - Ctrl-Y doesn't work.
Redo 
Shift+Ctrl+Z 
Redo last undone operation (alternative) 
	OK
Cut 
Ctrl+X 
Shift+Delete 
Cut the selected area and store it in the clipboard  
	OK - N/A
Copy 
Ctrl+C 
Ctrl+Insert 
Copy the selected area into the clipboard 
	OK - N/A
Paste 
Ctrl+V 
Shift+Insert 
Paste contents of clipboard at mouse/cursor position  
	OK - N/A
Select All 
Ctrl+A 
Select everything in the contents area 
	BAD - doesn't work (yes, it may be useful)
Deselect 
Ctrl+Shift+A 
Deselect everything in the contents area 
	BAD - it is assigned to 'Fit to Window' action
Find 
Ctrl+F 
Find 
	OK - N/A
Find Next 
F3 
Find the next match 
	OK - N/A
Find Previous 
Shift+F3 
Find previous match 
	OK - N/A
Replace 
Ctrl+R 
Find and replace matches 
	OK - N/A
Delete word forward 
Ctrl+Delete 
Delete word from current cursor location to the end. 
	OK - works in comments
Delete word backward 
Ctrl+Backspace 
Delete word from beginning to current cursor location. 
	OK - works in comments
Go to line... 
Ctrl+G 
Move cursor to the corresponding line. 
	IDEA - it could be used to go to the n-th image in album
View Menu 
Full Screen Mode 
Ctrl+Shift+F 
Toggle full screen mode 
	OK
Zoom menu  
Zoom In 
Ctrl++ 
Ctrl+= 
Zoom in to the document (magnify) 
	OK
Zoom Out 
Ctrl+- 
Zoom out of the document 
	OK
Zoom to 100% 
Ctrl+0 
	BAD - doesn't work.
Bookmarks menu  
Add Bookmark 
Ctrl+B 
Add a bookmark for the current location 
	OK - N/A
Help menu  
Help 
F1 
Obtain help and documentation for the application  
	OK - but could be improved and display directly help for Image Editor
What's This 
Shift+F1 
Obtain a short help for the currently visible interface elements.  
	OK
Navigation  
Focus to Menu 
F10 
Focus the menu bar. 
	BAD - doesn't focus the menu bar
Show Context Menu 
Ctrl+F10 
Menu 
Show the context menu.  
	BAD - doesn't focus the context menu
Toggle Menu bar 
Ctrl+M 
Toggle the appearance of the menu bar.  
	OK?
Page Down 
Space 
PageDown
Scroll down one Screen, displaying the next page if the application 
normally displays a page at a time.  
	Space doesn't display next page
Page Up 
Shift+space 
PageUp 
Scroll up one Screen, displaying the previous page if the application 
normally displays a page at a time.  
	Shift+Space doesn't work
Forward 
Alt+Right 
Go to next page.  
	OK
Back 
Alt+Left 
Go to previous page.  
	OK
Next Tab 
Ctrl+PageUp 
Activate the next Tab.  
	BAD - works as PageUp, could move between panels
Previous Tab 
Ctrl+PageDown
Activate the previous Tab.  
	BAD - works as PageDown, could move between panels
Next Major Panel 
F6 
Switches focus to the next major panel, e.g. sidebar or content panel in a 
file manager. Useful to get focus from dockers back to the main window 
when. 
	BAD - doesn't work
Resize Split Pane 
F8 
Switches focus from one split pane to another to resize them via the arrow 
keys. 
	BAD - doesn't work
Text Navigation  
Beginning of line 
Home 
Move cursor to the beginning of the line.  
	OK
End of line 
End 
Move cursor to the beginning of the line.  
	OK
End 
Ctrl+End 
Forward Word 
Ctrl+Right 
Move cursor to the beginning of the next word.  
	OK
Backward Word 
Ctrl+Left 
Move cursor to the beginning of the previous word.  
	OK
Text Completion  
	Do we need this at all?
Select the previous completion match. 

F8 and F6 may still be used differently, if the window has no split panes 
(F8) or the definition of main panels is not required, e.g. if there are 
no dockers (F6). 


Standard System Shortcuts 
Navigation  
Alt+Tab 
Walk through windows 
	OK
Alt+Shift+Tab 
Walk through windows (reverse) 
	OK
Ctrl+Tab 
Focus to next widget (e.g. to get focus out of text fields). 
	BAD - doesn't work, with Tabs enabled in comments field it works as Tab,
          with Tabs disabled doesn't work at all
Ctrl+Shift+Tab 
Focus to previous widget (e.g. to get focus out of text fields). 
	BAD - see above
Ctrl+F1 ? F4 
Switch to desktop 1 to 4 
	OK
Ctrl+Alt+Tab
Switch focus between panel and desktop 
	OK
Ctrl+Alt+Right 
Switch to next desktop 
	OK
Ctrl+Alt+Left 
Switch to previous desktop 
	OK
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Tab
Switch focus between panel and desktop (reverse) 
	OK
Windows  
Alt+F3 
	OK
Window operations menu 
Alt+F4 
Close Window 
	OK
Miscellaneous  
Alt+F12 
Mouse Emulation 
	OK
Ctrl+Alt+Escape 
Kill window 
	OK
Alt+Print 
Window screenshot 
	OK
Ctrl+Print 
Desktop screenshot 
	OK
Panel  
Alt+F1 
Popup launch menu 
	OK
Ctrl+Alt+D 
Toggle showing (empty) desktop 
	OK
Desktop  
Alt+F2 
Run command 
	OK
Ctrl+Escape 
Show taskmanager 
	OK
Alt+F5 
Show windowlist 
	OK
Alt+Ctrl+L 
Lock session 
	OK
Clipboard  
Ctrl+Alt+V 
Show Klipper popup menu 
	OK
Ctrl+Alt+R 
Manually invoke action on current clipboard 
	OK
Ctrl+Alt+X 
Enable/disable clipboard actions 
	OK
Keyboard  
Ctrl+K 
Switch to next keyboard layout 
	OK





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