Comment #11 on issue 16776 by CalebEgg: Linux: Add Ctrl-Y as downloads list keyboard shortcut (matches Firefox) http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=16776
So, if anyone is interested, I think I have found out why Firefox chose ^y: ^k focuses the search box but conflicts with a setting in Gnome that lets you use emacs keyboard shortcuts, so they made ^j do the same thing on Linux only. On Windows, ^y was redo but on linux it was/is ctrl+shift+z (both appear to work now when a textarea is focused, although only ctrl+shift+z is documented). So ^j was assigned to downloads on Windows because it was available and ^y wasn't, and ^y was chosen for Linux because ^j was taken for focusing the search bar. What a mess. I changed my mind; I'm in favor of scrapping that and just using ^j. -- You received this message because you are listed in the owner or CC fields of this issue, or because you starred this issue. You may adjust your issue notification preferences at: http://code.google.com/hosting/settings --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Automated mail from issue updates at http://crbug.com/ Subscription options: http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-bugs -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
