Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 13062
new prevention of user defined Keybindings. Please drop.
Last modified: 2013-08-08 15:16:58 UTC
In OOo 1.1 Beta (Windows) users are prevented to change keybindings for certain keys which were formerly available, e.g. F10 or even Shift-F2. This was introduced newly. I would like to vote against this new feature. I can see no advantage. OOo anyway offers rather limited keybinding possibilities compared to MSOffice and I see it as an disadvantage if these available are cut down und limited even more now. Were there any compelling technical reasons for this?
I suppose that the reason was that all these keybindings are important for Accessibility ...
Reassigned to Bettina.
confirming so it appears in default queries...
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To grep the issues easier via "requirements" I put the issues currently lying on my owner to the owner "requirements".
Apache OpenOffice 3.4.0 (or 4.0) does not have mechanisms for user-defined keybindings under Tools > Options or Tools > Customize, so I assume this was never brought back. Does this feature still seem important to the original submitter (or anyone else)?
I missed something when making my previous comment. If you're in the AOO start screen, then there is not Keyboard tab in the Customize dialog (Tools > Customize). You need to choose an application (e.g. Writer) to see a Keyboard tab in that dialog. (I checked this in AOO 4.0 on Windows 7.) The following keyboard shortcuts are grayed out: * F1 (typically assigned to help) * F6 (reserved for cycling through frames, or in AOO through the big UI components or panes such as the menu bar, the toolbars, the Navigator (when open), the Styles and Formatting panel (when open), the sidebar (since AOO 4.O).) * F10 (activate menu bar options) * Shift + F1 * Shift + F2 * Shift + F6 (navigate in opposite direction as F6) * Ctrl + F1 * Ctrl + F4 (close the current document) * Ctrl + F6 * Ctrl + Shift + F6 * Alt + F4 (quit the application) * Ctrl + Alt + F4 Except for F6 and Shift+F6 (without which, keyboard navigation would be impossible for parts of Office), the reason for "protecting" these shortcuts seems to be consistency with other applications. Some of these are really fundamental, like F1, Ctrl + F4 and Alt + F4. The other shortcuts need more info before deciding whether their "protection" should be released or not.