-----Original Message----- From: libreoffice-ml.mbou...@spamgourmet.com To: users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Sun, 18 Oct 2015 6:40 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Shortcut changes
James E. Lang wrote: > I am not a user of Base but I am a frequent user of Calc. Shortcut changes > are extremely disruptive for users. My least favorite (most detested!!) such > change occurred in version 4.4 of Calc when Alt+E,I was assigned to a brand > new menu item in place of "Fill." That one has caught me out a few times in Calc; I've even lost work because of it a few times. Alt+E, I, D used to fill down. Now it reopens the file in read-only edit mode, [I also used to use Alt+E, I, R; Alt+E, I, L; or Alt+E, I, U to fill right, left, or up respectively. Read-only edit mode sounds to me like a self contradictory phrase and having it activated instead of fill is certainly disruptive. -- jl] without saving changes (it does prompt, but the final D selects "Don't Save") Yes, I know there's also Ctrl+D to fill down, but for some reason I'm used to Alt+E, I, D and automatically type that. If they wanted to use Alt+E, I for Edit Mode, I don't really see why it couldn't have been done the same as in other menus where several options share the same letter. e.g. in Calc Alt+I brings up the insert menu, then H selects between "Hyperlink" and "Headers and Footers" and you have to press Enter on the one you want. [That seems like a reasonable suggestion. -- jl] For what it's worth, the problem of changing shortcuts is not unique to LibreOffice. In MS Outlook 2003, Ctrl+S saved a draft of an email, while in Outlook 2007 Ctrl+S sent it without any further confirmation. Fortunately I never accidentally sent anything more embarrassing than a half-finished response as a result (at least, I don't think I did...) [I repeat that changing shortcuts disrupts user productivity regardless who does it: MS or LO. I hope developers are taking notice. I don't know whether any of them lurk (or even actively participate) on this users list. If not then I hope someone harvests ideas from this list and summarizes them for the developers. I think a bug report might be overkill but maybe not. Does anyone care to weigh in on this? -- jl] Mark. -- Jim -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
