[Windows] Remove the default binding between buffer-zoom and Alt+0

Richard Kimberly Heck rikiheck at lyx.org
Sat Jan 16 01:27:23 UTC 2021


On 1/15/21 3:57 PM, Yuriy Skalko wrote:
>> However, by default, in LyX, this has a very problematic side-effect:
>> Alt+0
>> resets the zoom level to zero. Personally, I know how to configure this
>> shortcut, but newcomers may be left puzzled (and leave completely).
>>
>> Moreover, it's more common to use Ctrl+0 to reset the zoom level, at
>> least
>> on Windows: most Web browsers do it (at least Firefox, Chrome, and
>> IE), all
>> Microsoft Office programs. It does not work for LibreOffice or
>> Notepad++.
>>
>> I would propose to change the default binding to Ctrl+0, as it's more
>> common (although not ubiquitous), and this would fix the problem of
>> changing zoom when you try to insert a character.
>>
>> What do you think of this?
>
> There are also zooming shortcuts Alt+"+", Alt+"-". To be consistent
> these should also use Ctrl. But Ctrl+"-" is already bound to
> Hyphenation Point insert. Is it OK to rebind it to Alt+"-"?

I'm pretty used to it as it is. I'm not sure we need to worry too much
about consistency here, though I'll be interested to hear what others
have to say.

Riki




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