On Fri, Jan 15, 2021 at 7:46 PM Scott Kostyshak <skost...@lyx.org> wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 15, 2021 at 08:27:23PM -0500, Richard Kimberly Heck wrote: > > On 1/15/21 3:57 PM, Yuriy Skalko wrote: > > >> However, by default, in LyX, this has a very problematic side-effect: > > >> Alt+0 > > >> resets the zoom level to zero. Personally, I know how to configure > this > > >> shortcut, but newcomers may be left puzzled (and leave completely). > > >> > > >> Moreover, it's more common to use Ctrl+0 to reset the zoom level, at > > >> least > > >> on Windows: most Web browsers do it (at least Firefox, Chrome, and > > >> IE), all > > >> Microsoft Office programs. It does not work for LibreOffice or > > >> Notepad++. > > >> > > >> I would propose to change the default binding to Ctrl+0, as it's more > > >> common (although not ubiquitous), and this would fix the problem of > > >> changing zoom when you try to insert a character. > > >> > > >> What do you think of this? > > > > > > There are also zooming shortcuts Alt+"+", Alt+"-". To be consistent > > > these should also use Ctrl. But Ctrl+"-" is already bound to > > > Hyphenation Point insert. Is it OK to rebind it to Alt+"-"? > > > > I'm pretty used to it as it is. I'm not sure we need to worry too much > > about consistency here, though I'll be interested to hear what others > > have to say. > > I think I would support changing the bindings to be more consistent with > other applications. I forget why we have things the way they are. > Coming from another OS (macOS), I'd expect Ctrl-+ to be zoom in, Ctrl-"-" to be zoom out, and Ctrl-0 to be reset zoom (to be the corollaries of the idiomatic Cmd-... behavior on macOS). So, I'd support this binding change. - Joel
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