[sugar] Patch to make Browse annoy me less.

[Eben Eliason]

I have one more note on this thread, since I know Simon is going to
poke at it and see how things look.

The added ability to temporarily reveal the address bar currently maps
to CTRL-I (perhaps the "I" of URI is the mapping?).  I propose that it
would be clearer to use ALT-L instead, in keeping with the notion that
ALT provides a variation on a command.  CTRL-L would focus the
location bar (and thereby reveal the URI), whereas ALT-L would simply
reveal it temporarily without changing focus.

- Eben


On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 10:50 AM, Eben Eliason <eben.eliason at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm pulling this thread back out since we may wish to integrate parts
> of this into the next release.  Cortland, let us know if you have time
> and interest to work on any of the changes I mentioned in my comments.
>  If not, perhaps either Simon or Tomeu (both CC'd) will extend what
> you've already provided.  Thanks again for the patches!
>
> - Eben
>
>
> On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 12:30 PM, Eben Eliason <eben.eliason at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Just a high level take on these patches...
>>
>> On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 10:46 PM, Cortland Setlow
>> <cortland.setlow at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> This patch does three things, and I'll be happy if even one makes it in to
>>> Browse.
>>>
>>> It causes ctrl-l (lowercase L) to put focus on the address bar like in all
>>> other browsers that do not make me angry.
>>
>> Sounds good to me.  Adherence to well known shortcuts is usually a
>> win, and this is a basic feature we didn't have before, as far as I
>> know.  I suppose the mnemonic is "location".
>>
>>> It causes ctrl-d to do what ctrl-l used to do, namely do a
>>> screenshot-bookmark.  This is the standard bookmark key.   Pressing ctrl-d
>>> more times will show/hide the bookmark toolbar, so if you accidentally show
>>> it you can get rid of the large and obnoxious thing.  Ctrl-b will also
>>> show/hide it, cause why not?
>>
>> Anyone care to explain the mnemonic for Ctrl-d?  Again, keeping to the
>> standards can't really be a bad thing.  I'm unsure about overloading
>> the shortcut with the bar toggle, though.  I might instead offer that
>> alt-ctrl-d could make be added for making a bookmark "silently"
>> (without revealing the tray, if it's hidden).  I think it's better to
>> keep the notion of creating a bookmark and toggling the bookmark tray
>> independent.  In my browser, command-shift-B toggles the bookmark bar,
>> but I can't see a reason to require the extra shift modifier (is that
>> a standard elsewhere?).  The shortcut for this is currently
>> ctrl-space, I think...if we make ctrl-b serve this purpose we should
>> remove the other shortcut.
>>
>>> It causes ctrl-i to show the URI of the page instead of the title,
>>> temporarily.  Good for checking that one isn't being fished.
>>
>> This is a pretty interesting idea, and a very nice addition to the
>> concept of the combined URL/address bar.  If you're up to it, I would
>> appreciate it if you could try out another related idea which I've
>> been thinking about.  I think it would also make sense to reveal the
>> URI whenever the cursor is within the entry, so that it's possible to
>> select all or part of it, or position the cursor in a meaningful way
>> when clicking into it.
>>
>> I think that we could certainly make use of most of this with the
>> changes/additions described above!  Thanks for your efforts!
>>
>> - Eben
>>
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