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Re: Zoom vs Help

 

On a side note: Please note that the right click context menu shows
the correct (without alt+) keybinding to the zoom actions. There must
be some inconsistency on how those labels are made.

2015-07-01 2:37 GMT+02:00 Simon Richter <Simon.Richter@xxxxxxxxxx>:
> Hi,
>
> I've just tried to get context sensitive help using the F1 key, and
> found that instead it zoomed in.
>
> The menu claims that the hotkey for zooming in is Alt-F1, while the
> hotkey list accessible with the '?' key lists F1 without qualifiers.
>
> On Mac, Ctrl-'+' is used instead, which is fairly common in PC software
> as well these days (IE and Firefox, for example).
>
> Would it make sense to offer Ctrl-'+' and Ctrl-'-' on all platforms?
>
> Would it make sense to reserve F1 for context help?
>
>    Simon
>
>
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