Change of emphasis shortcut

[Daniel]

On 2023-07-13 10:48, Daniel wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> With LyX 2.4, the shortcut for toggling emphasis will be changed from 
> Command+E to Command+Ctrl+E. I find that latter shortcut quite hard to 
> use (there is a reason why Alt+Ctl+Delete are the "Security Keys") while 
> emphasis is maybe my single most used function with a shortcut (after 
> cut, copy, paste). So, this cumbersome shortcut is quite annoying to me.
> 
> Of course I can easily change the shortcut myself via the settings and 
> fix the problem for me. But I am wondering whether there is a better 
> shortcut for this by default. The developers have not come up with ideas 
> so far or do not see the problem as severe. So, I am wondering whether 
> someone on the users list has an input on this.
> 
> As a background: In LyX 2.4, the Command+E shortcut is currently 
> assigned to set the search string on macOS. (A feature of macOS that 
> some applications support but I was unaware of previously and I know no 
> one else who uses it. I guess that is generally true and why it took so 
> long until someone came up with introducing it in LyX.)
> 
> Best,
> Daniel

Looks like no one came up with a similarly good shortcut as the old one. 
That might not be too surprising. Unfortunately, it will leave macOS 
users in the dust with the next major version.

Best,
Daniel