Re: Reserved Accel Keys

[Bernhard Herzog <herzog online de>]

Vlad Harchev <hvv@hippo.ru> writes:

> But delete key is actively used by
> other widgets - e.g. GtkEntry, and GtkText-like. For example, in any
> editor the editing widget (GtkText for example) almost always has
> focus, so even if delete key is set as accelerator for something, it
> won't fire up the action but will be absorbed by text editing widget.
> So 'delete' belongs to the class of key combinations to which
> ctrl-arrows belong, which are disallowed as accels.

IMO, that's only an argument for not using Delete as an accelerator in
certain applications or windows. There are applications like e.g. Sketch
or Gimp whose main windows don't contain any editor widgets and where
Delete and even normal printable characters and especially Space make
sense as accelerators.

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