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| ID | Project | Category | View Status | Date Submitted | Last Update |
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| 0003087 | ardour | features | public | 2010-04-24 12:42 | 2015-09-08 05:37 |
| Reporter | floholl | Assigned To | |||
| Priority | normal | Severity | feature | Reproducibility | N/A |
| Status | new | Resolution | open | ||
| Product Version | 2.8 | ||||
| Summary | 0003087: Keybindings dialogue usage | ||||
| Description | I encounter some difficulties in the usage of the keybindings dialogue in Ardour 2.8.6: * Finding a command is often difficult, even with the groups provided. For example the "Zoom in/out" command can be found in the "editor" rather than the "Zoom" group. * When I want to assign a keyboard shortcut to a specific command, I have no means of checking whether this key binding is already taken by some other command (other than manually scrolling through the entire list to make sure it isn't). I propose the following solutions for integration in the keybindings dialogue: * Search functions for both commands and key bindings. * A confirmation dialogue in case the user tries to assign a key binding which is already taken by a different command. * For emergencies, a button to reset all key bindings to their default value. | ||||
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+1 for everything and one extra for the confirmation dialogue |
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I think also, that's necessary. |
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Ardour 2.8.6 - seriously? that's like 7 or 8 years old. There won't be further updates to Ardour2, or Ardour3. Some of the things you mentioned are implemented in Ardour 4.2. There is a "reset to default". Pretty much all keys are bound by default so a warning that the shortcut is already in use is kinda useless. There is more to come in 4.3. or 4.4 (keyboard shortcuts are due a major overhaul). A search function is a nice idea. e.g. "jump to binding of given key" Confirmation is unlikely to happen (on Linux and Windows you can re-assign shortcuts simply by hovering over a menu entry and pressing a key), an extra dialog would just get in the way. |
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> on Linux and Windows you can re-assign shortcuts simply by hovering over a menu entry and pressing a key), an extra dialog would just get in the way. Is that mentioned anywhere? An information about this very useful feature could be displayed in the dialog as well!? |
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@lpirl it's a GTK feature since over a decade. All gtk2 apps allow binding menu entries simply by hovering over the item and pressing a key: Most notably gimp, but other g* apps have this as well (unless explicitly disabled). It's not an Ardour feature. Gtk3/gnome3 changed the default to disable this (you can change it back globally using gconf) , although some gtk3 apps explicitly re-enable this. Ardour/OSX explicitly disables this feature (shared global menu) |
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@x42: interesting - I am a long-term GTK user and was not aware of this. Is there a way for Ardour to check if this is enabled? It seems like it would be useful for newbies *and* some long-term user apparently :) |
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note: find the gconf key and a command to enable the behavior below: $ gconftool-2 -t bool -s /desktop/gnome/interface/can_change_accels true |
| Date Modified | Username | Field | Change |
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| 2010-04-24 12:42 | floholl | New Issue | |
| 2015-07-14 01:12 | lpirl | Note Added: 0016870 | |
| 2015-09-04 09:51 | aPilger | Note Added: 0017139 | |
| 2015-09-06 17:50 | x42 | Note Added: 0017149 | |
| 2015-09-07 00:22 | lpirl | Note Added: 0017150 | |
| 2015-09-07 12:51 | x42 | Note Added: 0017151 | |
| 2015-09-07 22:32 | lpirl | Note Added: 0017154 | |
| 2015-09-08 05:37 | lpirl | Note Added: 0017159 |
