IDEAL mode

[Stefan Taferner]

On Monday 21 July 2003 12:55, Harald Fernengel wrote:
> Hi Dominik,
>
> On Sunday 20 July 2003 05:43, Dominik Haumann wrote:
> > I've just an improvement for the ideal mode in gideon.
> > I would be greate to have a small button (see attached snapshots) with
> > which I could "reopen" the state in which I was when I clicked the "<"
> > button. Example: I open the "Classes" tab. Then I close it with "<".
> > Clicking on ">" shall reopen "Classes"... Very simple but effective IMO!
>
> We have the shortcuts ALT-L, ALT-R and ALT-U to open/close the last active
> tab. Most developers find it more convenient to use the keyboard instead of
> the mouse, so I never thought about adding a button :)
>
> It should be easy to implement, just add a new button and connect to the
> same slot as ALT-R and friends. Send a patch to this list and be famous ;)

Hmm... the Alt key is reserved for menu access (e.g. Alt-F opens the file 
menu)

The default should be changed away from Alt-key combinations, as it might
give problems with other languages where the menus use those combinations.
IMHO, of course :-)

Kind regards,
Stefan