Issue 98828 - control-F should not close the Find dialog!
Summary: control-F should not close the Find dialog!
Status: CLOSED NOT_AN_OOO_ISSUE
Alias: None
Product: Writer
Classification: Application
Component: ui (show other issues)
Version: OOO300m9
Hardware: All All
: P3 Trivial with 1 vote (vote)
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: writerneedsconfirm
QA Contact: issues@sw
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Keywords:
: 111202 (view as issue list)
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Blocks:
 
Reported: 2009-02-04 01:06 UTC by daveyost
Modified: 2010-04-27 21:03 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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Issue Type: DEFECT
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Description daveyost 2009-02-04 01:06:40 UTC 
This design causes the following behavior.
  ^F
  Enter some text.
  Ooops. The text went into the document
  Undo.

This a very nonstandard way to handle the key that opens the Find dialog. I have never seen another app 
do it. Consequently I have to learn to be extra careful with OO Writer.
Comment 1 eric.savary 2009-02-04 03:14:16 UTC 
It's ok to close this dialog with the shortcut that called it because:
- This is the way other OOo *non modal* dialog (Navigator, Stylist...) can be closed
- no other control is using Ctrl+F in the dialog.

Please, in the future, use "Ctrl+" instead of "^". It helps understanding faster
what you mean.
Comment 2 eric.savary 2009-02-04 03:14:30 UTC 
closed
Comment 3 daveyost 2009-02-04 06:55:53 UTC 
All other OOo *non modal* dialogs should be changed, too.

This topic should be put to a user test.
Comment 4 eric.savary 2009-02-04 10:02:17 UTC 
Arguments against this:
- Examples like F5, F11 or Ctrl+F are reserved shortcut that only call those
panels/dialogs -> they cannot interfere with other functions in the software
having the same shortcut (unlike mnemonics in a dialog, using Alt+letter)
- Those pane/dialogs work like a toggle ON/OFF
- For usability and further more accessibility reasons it is needed be able to
open and close those dialogs easily with the keyboard when the focus/cursor is
not in them. Without those toggle shortcuts the way to close them would be unusable.

Please, feel free to discuss this in the UX mailing lists.
Comment 5 eric.savary 2009-02-04 10:02:31 UTC 
closed
Comment 6 daveyost 2009-02-16 16:55:13 UTC 
Oops. meant to reopen.
Comment 7 eric.savary 2009-02-16 17:08:03 UTC 
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Comment 8 eric.savary 2009-02-16 17:08:17 UTC 
Closed
Comment 9 eric.savary 2010-04-27 20:41:50 UTC 
*** Issue 111202 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue. ***
Comment 10 anla2973 2010-04-27 21:03:59 UTC 
I think this Issue should be reopened.
Ctrl+F doesn't have to close the dialog (only open it).
If you need to close dialog you can do as in all other software Alt+Tab until
you have focused the dialog and thereafter Alt+F4 to close dialog.
This way OpenOffice could behave in a standard way.