> On Wed, 2003-12-10 at 03:24, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> On Tue, Dec 09, 2003 at 04:12:10PM -0600, Eric Pierce >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > However, would you consider removing ESC as a binding to pop you out >> of >> > full-screen mode? I think F11 is a sufficient (and common) toggle for >> >> Well, ESC has a very low probability of being remapped by e.g. a window >> manager. F11 is far more often mapped to some wm functionality. >> >> And the basic problem with your approach that I see is that ESC has the >> perfect meaning for going out of fullscreen mode. It's the thing users >> naturally try. F11 is about the last key users will try when they want >> to get out of full-screen mode. > > Dejavu perhaps, but can't help myself. F11 became a common toggle for > fullscreen mode across browsers. But I know Marc doesn't quite accept an > 'everyone else does it' ;). Yes, Mozilla/Netscape, Opera & IE toggle w/F11. Any others?
> In case the fullscreen mode is to become useful for editing too (and I > believe that is even more helpful) it shouldn't exit the mode on Esc for > the reasons Eric described. Making it a pain for artists using GIMP > extensively because it may be confusing to new ocasional users is not > the thing to do. How about this then? If there is a menu/dialog box already open, ESC cancels that item only. If nothing else is open, ESC quits full-screen mode. Both camps are happy, right? Eric Pierce _______________________________________________ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
