On Sun, 16 Jun 2019 08:41:42 +0200 Luuk <luu...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 16-6-2019 05:59, V Stuart Foote wrote: > > Luuk wrote > >> Why did this option not get a 'reserverd place in the menu' ? > >> together with the shortcut-key reference ( > >> <Alt> > >> +X) ? > >> > >> An option like > >> <Ctrl> > >> +C is only known to all people (more than 75 % ??), > >> because the shortcut key is next to it in the menu! > > Hmm, interesting question. The BZ tdf#73691 sheds no light, and I > > can't remember any discussion of adding it to a menu. But it was > > prominently advertised in the release notes for 5.1 > > <https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/5.1#Unicode_character_input_with_Alt.2BX> > > > > The actual .uno:UnicodeNotationToggle command is available to > > assign in Customization receiving default en-US name in > > Customization of "Toggle Unicode Notation" and can be added to > > Menu, Toolbars, and Context menu. It shows for LibreOffice globally > > as <Alt>+x -- Command Name and the keyboard shortcut are localized > > and configured by os. > > > > I could possibly see it assigned to the Standard toolbar, > > adjacent to the Special character dialog button. > > But, I'm not sure how it could be ussed from menu, and which menu > > -- Insert, Format or even Tools -- would hold it. Checked, and it > > does _not_ appear on any MS Office menus. > > > > So kind of seems the enhancement of the BZ issue was fully > > implemented--with no functional reason to add it to a menu just to > > expose the shortcut. > > > > Stuart > > > Thanks for the explanation. > > There are other function which are useless in the menu, like i.e. > CTRL+C. Most (read 'all') users will use their keyboard.
Not true. Copy does not have a universal accelerator unfortunately, sometimes it is Shift+Ctrl+C or other things. So I sometimes use the menu in applications that I'm not completely familiar with. > About the position of 'ToglleUnicodeNotation' in the menu (if that > ever becomes an issue 😉), the 'edit' menu is a better place, > because it's not inserting something. > > > Luuk > > > -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
