#587 Flux default hotkey for find (and more?)

tompalmer Fri 8 May 2009

I understand that Flux is configurable, but the default configuration should be more like standard apps. For example, Ctrl+F is for find in Word, Notepad, Eclipse, Firefox, ..., but Flux uses F5.

I think it would be good to use the most common hotkeys by default. (So, for instance, F5 should refresh content.)

I focused on find here, because I'm not sure all examples should fit in one report or fix, but maybe it would be best to discuss a full list at once. Not sure.

andy Fri 8 May 2009

That's largely due to how I designed Find. If the FindBar is not open, Ctrl+F and F5 should actually do the same thing. After that Ctrl+F does a FindNext. I recall a lengthy discussion over hotkeys when I wrote that. The Find model still isn't quite right, so I'm open to suggestions.

alexlamsl Fri 8 May 2009

My personal experience is that Ctrl+F brings up the Find dialog / bar, and F3 does FindNext. And often Shift+F3 does FindPrevious.

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