when does the escape key work?
when does the escape key work?
- Subject: when does the escape key work?
- From: Markian Hlynka <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2005 12:19:43 -0700
So, here's something I just did in Xcode:
command-F: open find window
command-T: meant to select "Top of document", but that's the bbedit
keybinding. instead, the font inspector came up
escape: I wanted to make the font inspector go away. Instead, the find
window went away!!!
This behaviour seems somewhat consistent across applications.
HOWEVER
If I go to Terminal, and open Window Settings... this window looks just
like a font inspector window, ie a floating pallet. But, THIS window
responds to escape and command-W as if it was an ordinary window!
What's going on here? These irritating, ignominious interface
inconsistencies (not to mention excessive alliteration) cause me no end
of pain and suffering. It seems to me that "escape" should escape from
my last action without changing anything. I realize I can hit command-T
again to make the font inspector go away, but for SOME windows, it's
escape or command-w. And as I've described above, the look of the
window is clearly not the key.
I post this to the xcode list because I think this sort of thing
affects developers more directly and on a regular basis. What to users
is an irritation is to us an interruption of our work flow.
Thoughts?
Markian
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