Bug 303036

Summary: default shortcut for 'Back in the Document' be changed to Alt+Left?
Product: [Applications] okular Reporter: Enda <enda_k2>
Component: generalAssignee: Okular developers <okular-devel>
Status: RESOLVED INTENTIONAL    
Severity: wishlist CC: aacid
Priority: NOR    
Version: unspecified   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Unlisted Binaries   
OS: Linux   
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Description Enda 2012-07-04 20:50:43 UTC 
The default shortcut for 'Back in the Document' is Alt+Shift+Left, why not Alt+Left as in Adobe Reader, also can this be accessible via the right click menu as in Adobe Reader?

(and vice-versa for 'Forward in the Document')

Reproducible: Always
Comment 1 Albert Astals Cid 2012-07-05 08:14:48 UTC 
Because Alt+Shift+Left is the default shortcut for all of the KDE applications that have a "Back in Document" shortcut and we prefer to be consistent with the rest of KDE applications than with Adobe Reader.
Comment 2 Enda 2012-07-05 15:33:03 UTC 
(In reply to comment #1)
Why not have it both ways?
Comment 3 Albert Astals Cid 2012-07-05 15:37:57 UTC 
Because people are used to it.
Comment 4 Enda 2012-07-05 15:48:14 UTC 
(In reply to comment #3)
> Because people are used to it.

(What does Alt+Left do that people are used to?) Would having Alt+Left act as 'Back in the Document' interfere with users who used Alt+Shift+Left?
Comment 5 Albert Astals Cid 2012-07-05 16:04:51 UTC 
It might not in Okular, but it will in some other app that also uses back in history with alt+shift+left and then they will get confused as to why alt+left does something different
Comment 6 Enda 2012-07-05 16:22:41 UTC 
People who use Adobe Reader are used to using Alt+Left (or right clicking the document and seeing a 'Back in the Document' button), these users will be surprised when they discover that they must press Alt+Shift+Left instead (or change the default). Whereas people who are used to Alt+Left doing something will find that it does nothing.

(In reply to comment #5)
> It might not in Okular, but it will in some other app that also uses back in
> history with alt+shift+left and then they will get confused as to why
> alt+left does something different
(In reply to comment #3)
> Because people are used to it.

If they are using Alt+Shift+Left, they don't need to bother about Alt+Left. It doesn't matter if Alt+Left is useful or not.

Alt+Left is easier, so if faced with the choice (in the default setup) people will use Alt+Left, this might create the situation where "people will become used to" Alt+Left, which in another application might do something, I think that this worry dwarfs the fact that it will be easier to use Alt+Left in Okular (and then Alt+Shift+Left elsewhere).
Comment 7 Albert Astals Cid 2012-07-05 16:32:50 UTC 
Agree to disagree.