Re: Retiring app menus - planning for 3.32.0

[Allan Day <aday gnome org>]

Adrien Plazas <kekun plazas laposte net> wrote:
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> What about updating the name ofthe "Keyboard Shortcuts" entry? The windows they trigger also contain gestures and in Games they also contain gamepad controls, making them being about way more than keyboards.
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> "Shortcuts" is a simple replacement but any other idea is welcome.

To be honest, I'm not sure how successful the keyboard shortcut windows have been and I suspect that they're not being used a great deal.

The main problems as I see them:

• They're a special place you have to go to with the specific intention of learning shortcuts. This isn't something that a lot of people do, especially for simple apps.
  
• They aren't playing the role of a quick reference, since we haven't successfully advertised how to quickly open them (ironically, this is through a shortcut).
• They're often available in simple apps where keyboard shortcuts aren't that interesting. This negatively reinforces how people perceive their usefulness.
  

One option would be to reframe the shortcut windows as purely a quick reference for keyboard shortcuts. As part of this, we'd need to publicise the shortcut for raising the shortcuts window (possibly by exposing it in the menu).

I realise that you probably have an interest from a Games perspective, but I think it would be fine to special-case that and come up with a bespoke solution.

Allan