[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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