Bug 101299

Summary:	Local versus global shortcuts
Product:	[Applications] amarok	Reporter:	skrald <skrald>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Amarok Developers <amarok-bugs-dist>
Status:	RESOLVED INTENTIONAL
Severity:	wishlist
Priority:	NOR
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Debian testing
OS:	Linux
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Description skrald 2005-03-11 14:15:37 UTC

Version:           CVS as of 20045-10-03 (using KDE KDE 3.2.2)
Installed from:    Debian testing/unstable Packages
OS:                Linux

Currently there are two very different types of shortcuts: Global shortcuts and Amarok-local shortcuts.
Two distinct configuration menus are present and the amarok team has already defined the set of actions that must be assigned a global shortcut and which set of actions that must be assigned a local one.

Instead of this predefinition-approach, I would like to see one single menu item, "Shourcuts", containig all actions. For each shortcut the user should be able to mark if the shortcut should be local or global.

Bennefits:
* This approach is more simple (only one configuration menu)
* It is more flexible (every action can be assigned a global shourcut and every action can be assigned a amarok-local one). The shortcuts can hereby be assigned exactly as the user wants.

Comment 1 Mark Kretschmann 2005-03-11 14:27:39 UTC

The shortcut dialogs are integral part of KDELIBS. They're part of the standard KDE look-and-feel.

Comment 2 Mark Kretschmann 2005-03-11 14:32:10 UTC

Closing wontfix, as we're not gonna leave the KDE path here. HIG is the word.

Comment 3 skrald 2005-03-11 14:42:30 UTC

Fair enough, I agree with the decision of following the KDE path (even though I think KDE has choosen the wrong strategy here). What about listing all actions in both configuration windows? Then the user still has an oppotunity to make every action local/global.
Also an action could maybe be marked grey in the list in the one window if it already has a shortcut assignment in the other window.

Comment 4 Maciej Pilichowski 2006-03-26 19:01:37 UTC

I agree with skrald /the first and the last comment/ -- HIG should be for humans, right? Where is place for switchable shorcuts? None. There have to be switch-on something shortcut, and separate switch-off. Not flexible, not user-friendly.

But I think it is good time to also make a report for kdelibs :-).

Comment 5 Maciej Pilichowski 2006-03-27 09:53:22 UTC

> Closing wontfix

Btw. what with the easier solution? Make two sections in the shortcuts -- global and local. It is possible, other apps /konqueror, kmail/ have shortcuts organized that way.