Labs/Bespin/DesignDocs/Editor/KeyHandling: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 07:39, 17 June 2009

How should we handle key handling?

We have a detailed spreadsheet sharing the key combination for Bespin on various OSes and browsers.

We also show the browser shortcuts and if there are collisions on other sheets:

The core philosophies of key bindings in Bespin are:

We should have smart defaults that "feel right" for developers on each platform
- E.g. Redo on Windows is commonly Ctrl+Y, on Mac Cmd+Shift+Z
We should block or override key combinations that make sense in the browser, but let through ones that a user expects, for example:
- Cmd+F should do a find internally, Cmd+Arrow Down should go to the end of a file
- Cmd+~ (tilde) should go through to the browser and find another browser window if applicable
Users should be able to rebind their keys
- We have "bindkey" but need a nice graphical view
- Need the option to override the default, or keep it (right now we keep the default)
- We should give people an easy way to get keybindings from emacs, vi, textmate etc.

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 [http://tr.im/bespinkeys Bespin Key Spreadsheet]
+The core philosophies of key bindings in Bespin are:
+* We should have smart defaults that "feel right" for developers on each platform
+** E.g. Redo on Windows is commonly Ctrl+Y, on Mac Cmd+Shift+Z
+* We should block or override key combinations that make sense in the browser, but let through ones that a user expects, for example:
+** Cmd+F should do a find internally, Cmd+Arrow Down should go to the end of a file
+** Cmd+~ (tilde) should go through to the browser and find another browser window if applicable
+* Users should be able to rebind their keys
+** We have "bindkey" but need a nice graphical view
+** Need the option to override the default, or keep it (right now we keep the default)
+** We should give people an easy way to get keybindings from emacs, vi, textmate etc.