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[Jeff Young <jeff@xxxxxxxxx>]

I agree that the tabs were better.

And I agree that the Defaults button is a good addition.

I don’t agree about the Reset button.  Too much visual complexity when the user can just hit Cancel and then Edit Hotkeys again to achieve the same effect.

Cheers,
Jeff.


> On 11 Jan 2018, at 01:07, Seth Hillbrand <seth.hillbrand@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> I feel that there is a usability issue with the current hotkeys editor that is a regression from the 4.0.7 hotkeys editor.
> 
> I've attached images for both to this message.  The current editor opens with a tree view that hides the hotkeys below "Common".  Users would be forgiven for not realizing that there were additional hotkeys specific to each application -- see current_hotkeys.png
> 
> Previously, the hotkeys were displayed in tabs that were, I think, more clear -- see prev_hotkeys.png.
> 
> I don't recall when this change happened but I'd like any feedback on whether folks are adverse to reverting to the 4.0.7 tabbed layout while keeping the "Reset" and "Defaults" buttons, that I think are really good additions.
> 
> -S
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