https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=160424
Bug ID: 160424
Summary: Poor keyboard mnemonic ("access key") for field
insertion in French
Product: LibreOffice
Version: 24.2.1.2 release
Hardware: All
OS: All
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: trivial
Priority: medium
Component: Writer
Assignee: libreoffice-bugs@lists.freedesktop.org
Reporter: chea...@gmail.com
LibreOffice offers inserting fields via the Insert → Field
(..GenericCommands.UserInterface.Popups..uno:FieldMenu) submenu. In French, the
labels are Insertion → Champ (
https://translations.documentfoundation.org/translate/libo_ui-24-2/officecfgregistrydataorgopenofficeofficeui/fr/?checksum=dafb349d93f99e6f
), and the first letter of "Champ" ("C") is the mnemonic.
While this works (reasonably) well in most applications, that choice is very
poor in Writer, where 2 other items of the Insert menu share the same mnemonic
("Section…" and "Cadre"), including a submenu (Frame). This means that for
example, to insert a Date with Writer using keyboard shortcuts, one would need
to type:
Alt + I, C, C, Left arrow, C, D, D, Enter
This is time-consuming *and* non-trivial to discover.
I suppose that field insertion must also consider Calc, but I think the
mnemonic should be changed. Choosing "p" as the mnemonic may be better,
although imperfect. As things stand, it would have a much lesser conflict with
"Repère de texte" (WriterCommands.UserInterface.Commands..uno:InsertBookmark),
which could itself use a different mnemonic.
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