Johannes wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 11:16:34AM -0400, Benjamin Johnson wrote:
>> Hi again,
>>
>> I was just wondering, could we add an option to control the address
>> bar key bindings? I know they're set to behave like a Unix command
>> line, which can be convenient, but it also interferes with some custom
>> key bindings (as one of my users mentioned in bug #1012).
>>
>> I've also noticed that the address bar bindings confuse a lot of
>> people, since they're not used to the Unix behavior. Conventionally,
>> Ctrl-A is "select all," and other input boxes in Dillo follow that, so
>> they aren't expecting it to go to the beginning of the line instead.
>
> Having it consistent over all text inputs and configurable via
> keysrc sounds reasonable to me. I don't know the keysrc details
> though, so I might miss something.
>
> Cheers,
> Johannes
I was thinking just a simple boolean option in dillorc -- and turn it OFF
by default (i.e., no Unix keys), because it's not typical GUI behavior,
and anyone who wants it on can quite easily set it in his or her own
dillorc.
Making it consistent globally would be a bit tricky, since we'd have to
replace all Fl_Inputs with our custom widget (including in FLTK's stock
dialogs). Besides that, there's the matter of other FLTK applications --
would users expect them to behave our way, too?
Personally, I'd just as soon ditch the Unix keys altogether, but if we
must keep them, let's let the address bar remain the exception. That way,
we're not breaking the behavior either way -- new users aren't surprised,
and old users can keep it as it was.
Although I will add, the Shift-{Left,Right} bindings in the address bar
*have* to go. They're fine elsewhere, if a bit quirky, but in the address
bar they interfere with text selection. Ctrl-Tab and Ctrl-Shift-Tab are
much more logical and convenient, anyway.
~Benjamin
