Thinking about how to optimize image selection

Robert Krawitz rlk at alum.mit.edu
Mon Jan 26 00:05:56 GMT 2026


On 1/25/26 16:19, Johannes Zarl-Zierl wrote:
> Adding mailing list since I lost  it along the way...
> 
>> And a third issue, namely if I type ctrl-Q to the viewer in token mode, it
>> looks like it tries to apply a token with a non-printable character
>> (presumably ctrl-Q) rather than quit.
> 
> I fixed the issue by not ignoring key-combos with modifiers when setting tokens.
> 
> I also did a quick check on what other dialogs do with Ctrl-Q: all other 
> dialogs (annotation dialog, exif info dialog) ignore Ctrl-Q as well.
> 
> I'm on the fence: should we continue to ignore Ctrl-Q in those pop up windows? 
> Should we close the dialog? Should we propagate it to the main window and quit 
> kphotoalbum?
I can see arguments both ways here.  On the one hand, ignoring ctrl-Q and similar in modal dialogs
is the norm, but the viewer is something different.  It feels like it's a different display, not a
dialog.  I'm OK either way, as long as it isn't treated as a token.


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