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[Petko <pditchev@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 03/15/2012 01:18 PM, Neil Broadley wrote:
> I don't have an answer for this, but I hate the idea that F3 and F4 
> would minimise and close without some kind of CTRL/ALT/Super modifier.
>
> Can't think of anything more confusing for a user who's trying to 
> rename their file, hit the wrong key and have the window completely 
> vanish - either because it's minimised or closed.  Similarly, someone 
> wants to go full-screen, hits F12 by accident and boom! It looks like 
> they've turned their laptop/PC off. I can hear the howls of anguish 
> already.
>
> I hit F1 by accident when renaming far too often already - I'd rather 
> not have any more such grief in my life.
>
> A thorough revamp of shortcuts is probably in order (I have to turn 
> off screen overlay in Unity because it pops up when I use the zoom 
> plug-in with Super-mousewheel up/down), but adding more arbitrary 
> function key mappings doesn't sounds like a great idea to me.
>
> Neil.

(Seriously ? After the disclaimer about F12 ?)
Probably valid points about the accidental clicks , but I stand by my 
point that the F keys should have functions attached . We should think 
about the potential accidental clicks , but these keys are manufactured 
away from the others with big numbered "F"-s on them for a reason .

 I realize that F3 and F4 , are probably not the best solutions (for 
minimize , close) , more so that after some testing I still find myself 
clicking alt+F4,instead of F4 . But still I have to say - I've never 
clicked an F-key by accident (and I am as sloppy as the next guy ) .

Petko