[Pidgin] #12510: CTRL + L = Worst Keyboard Shortcut in Pidgin
Pidgin
trac at pidgin.im
Mon Aug 16 18:30:25 EDT 2010
#12510: CTRL + L = Worst Keyboard Shortcut in Pidgin
--------------------------+-------------------------------------------------
Reporter: machineghost | Owner: rekkanoryo
Type: defect | Status: new
Component: unclassified | Version: 2.7.3
Keywords: |
--------------------------+-------------------------------------------------
First off, sorry if this is a duplicate (and I imagine it probably is,
given that there's an Ubuntu bug for this as well, and this is REALLY
ANNOYING), but I tried searching for "CTRL + L" and didn't have much luck.
So the basic problem here is simple: Pidgin has a keyboard shortcut that
does terrible things, yet is super easy for a user to hit on accident.
The specific shortcut is CTRL + L (I personally have hit it on accident
*at least* three times), and it clears out your chat buffer. If you don't
have logging on, your screwed. If you do have logging, you still have to
close the message window, re-open it, and even then you'll have lost
whatever logged stuff you previously had there (not to mention all the
coloring will be gone).
Possible ways I could see making this not suck:
* Make CTRL + L + CTRL + L bring back the erased buffer (this isn't a
great option, as most people won't know about it, but it's better than
nothing)
* Take away the shortcut entirely
* Give users a way to change shortcuts
* Give users a way to disable shortcuts
* Give users a way to disable this one really annoying "feature"
--
Ticket URL: <http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/12510>
Pidgin <http://pidgin.im>
Pidgin
More information about the Tracker
mailing list