Opened 9 years ago
Closed 4 years ago
#11733 closed bug (fixed)
Inconsistency "Settings" label in system applications
| Reported by: | Janus | Owned by: | stippi |
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| Priority: | normal | Milestone: | R1/beta3 |
| Component: | User Interface | Version: | R1/Development |
| Keywords: | Cc: | ||
| Blocked By: | Blocking: | ||
| Platform: | All |
Description
I was wondering if the correct label is "Settings" or "Preferences" and I found this
From the "Haiku Human Interface Guidelines"
Chapter 9. Common Menus and their Contents
[...] Options... (Command - ,) Show the window which is used to customize options for your program. This can be a submenu if your program only has a couple of options. [...]
ActivityMonitor Settings>Settings... Expander Settings>Settings... [ALT+S] HaikuDepot (Uses Options for an other purpose) Icon-O-Matic Settings (with sub menu Snap to grid) Mail Edit>Settings... [ALT+,] MediaPlayer Mediaplayer>Settings... [ALT+S] Screenshot Settings... (button) SerialConnect Settings (menu bar with submenu) Terminal Settings>Settings... TextSearch Settings (menu bar with submenu) TV Settings>Settings... [ALT+P] (menu bar with submenu) WebPositive Window>Settings Tracker Window>Preferences... Deskbar Deskbar Preferences...
Change History (5)
comment:1 by , 9 years ago
comment:2 by , 9 years ago
I think at least the shortcut must be the same (ALT+,), is awful and confusing the use of ALT+S or ALT+P for the settings. Find where the settings menu is in the menubar is always a treasure hunt. The beauty of BeOS was the coherency.
I don't want to sound harsh, I love Haiku. :-)
follow-up: 4 comment:3 by , 9 years ago
But ALT+, may not be reachable on some keyboard layouts if shift is needed to reach the , symbol (arabic and belarussian cyrillic are affected at least). That being said, these keyboards also don't have easily reachable S or P keys, so it doesn't help them much to use those. I think the choice of shortcut could be decided on the mailing list, I'll send a mail there. I'll also fix the HIG to read "Settings" instead of "Options".
Thanks for researching these issues, there is always room for improvements, but sometimes the fix isn't as simple as it seems.
comment:4 by , 9 years ago
Replying to pulkomandy:
But
ALT+,may not be reachable on some keyboard layouts if shift is needed to reach the , symbol (arabic and belarussian cyrillic are affected at least). That being said, these keyboards also don't have easily reachable S or P keys, so it doesn't help them much to use those. I think the choice of shortcut could be decided on the mailing list, I'll send a mail there. I'll also fix the HIG to read "Settings" instead of "Options".
I am a mac user and the shortcut for preferences is command-"," this explain why I'm glad with the HIG suggestion.
comment:5 by , 4 years ago
| Milestone: | R1 → R1/beta3 |
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| Resolution: | → fixed |
| Status: | new → closed |
Shortcuts unified in hrev54426. As far as I can see this was the remaining missing thing here.
The HIG is still a work in progress, and often needs to be adjusted to actual wording. I think the distinction is:
There are some special cases, for example Deskbar and Tracker settings are accessible in both ways. Clearly "Options" isn't used anywhere in Haiku, and would be confusing as we have an "option" key which is unrelated.