Alt-f1 is a poor choice for initiating keyboard launcher navigation
Bug #740479 reported by
Alex Launi
This bug affects 4 people
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Ayatana Design |
Opinion
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Unity |
Opinion
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
unity (Ubuntu) |
Opinion
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Alt-f1 seems like an arbitrary choice for the keyboard shortcut to begin launcher keynav. Much more natural would be something involving super. We already have hold super to show the launcher, this could be made very natural if when the launcher was in the held-super-
Changed in unity: | |
status: | New → Incomplete |
Changed in unity (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Incomplete |
tags: | added: needs-design |
Changed in ayatana-design: | |
status: | New → Opinion |
Changed in unity: | |
status: | Incomplete → Opinion |
Changed in unity (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Incomplete → Opinion |
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Alt + F1 was originally chosen to be compatible with gnome-panel and accessing the main menu/applications menu. I am happy to read the thoughts of others, but I would like to preserve this keyboard shortcut for any keyboard user moving from classic GNOME over to unity.