User Interface Specification:
Editor Shortcut Visibility/Discoverability
Author: Christopher Le
Dantec
Last Updated:
November 11, 2003
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Revision: 1.4
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Introduction
The editor has many shortcuts that aid the user. These shortcuts can be found
in the ui via context menus, menus off the main menubar, and through the help
system. The help system is the best way to learn about shortcuts because it
lists all of the editor shortcuts together and doesn't require the user to
browse through menus.
In order to help the user find the shortcut help the link in the main Editor
Help page will be moved to a more prominent location so that the user does
not need to scroll or otherwise scrutinize the page for shortcut help.
System-Wide UI Impact
Only the Editor help set will be modified to improve the discoverability of
the shortcut help. This comes in two parts:
- Move the keyboard shortcuts link
in the main Editor Help page to a more obvious place. The new location
should require no or very little scrolling to make the link visible.
- Make
sure that the index and search list the Editor Shortcut page. Keywords
that need to be indexed are 'keyboard shortcuts', 'shortcuts', 'key bindings',
'bindings'.
Also note the iz issue
37143 it is tracking this change and suggestion additional enhancements.
