[Bf-committers] Global Undo hotkeys

[Johnny Matthews]

But wouldn't it benefit Blender to start moving in the direction of
standardization? We don't have to do it all at once, I think the more
we can standardize some of these shortcuts, the easier it will be for
everyone in the long run.


On Mon, 20 Sep 2004 23:28:33 +0200, Bart <bart at neeneenee.de> wrote:
> 
> Ok, if it should really Ctrl+Z and Ctrl+Y like the standard then we need:
> - Ctrl+O for open
> - Ctrl+S for save
> - f11 fullscreen
> etc.
> 
> A mix of standard keys and typical blender keys is more confusing and
> much more inconsistent and harder to renember then a uniform assignment
> of keys.
> 
> Blender lags on many inconsistentlies and mixing of standard hotkeys and
>   Blender hotkeys is just one more:
> 
> http://www.neeneenee.de/blender/features/#5
> http://www.neeneenee.de/blender/features/#6
> http://www.neeneenee.de/blender/features/#9
> 
> 
> 
> 
> joeedh wrote:
> 
> > Bart wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> I thought about the hotkeys that where assigned for Global Undo. I
> >> think it is bad to mix typical Blender hotkeys and standard hotkeys
> >> because this generates an inconsistent workflow.
> >>
> >> The U key is mostly used for undo like the z keys are used for drawing
> >> things. So i would suggest changing the hotkey for Save User
> >> preferences and using Ctrl+U for Undo and Shift+Ctrl+U for Redo.
> >>
> >> Saving user preferences could be done with Ctrl+Y or is not so often
> >> used so it did not really a hotkey.
> >>
> >> I think this would be better to create a stronger workflow.
> >>
> > I disagree.  Standard editor workflow goes cross-platfrom on almost all
> > applications; even the newest Blender user should be able to guess that
> > "Undo" is CTRL-Z, but CTRL-U?
> >
> > Which reminds me, this new undo stuff is great!  Just compiled from
> > latest CVS!  Really, really cool.  Thanks to all who have contributed to
> > this.
> >
> > joeedh
> >
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