Re: Fwd: [Bug 484145] [NEW] Keyboard shortcuts for closing window / application inconsistent with GNOME

From: Guillaume Lelarge <guillaume(at)lelarge(dot)info>
To: Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org>
Cc: Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>, "pgadmin-hackers" <pgadmin-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Fwd: [Bug 484145] [NEW] Keyboard shortcuts for closing window / application inconsistent with GNOME
Date: 2009-11-19 08:03:01
Message-ID: 200911190903.01350.guillaume@lelarge.info
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Le jeudi 19 novembre 2009 à 08:20:14, Dave Page a écrit :
> On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 4:16 PM, Guillaume Lelarge
>
> <guillaume(at)lelarge(dot)info> wrote:
> > I probably didn't explain enough. Alt-F4 is the default at least on
> > Windows and Linux (KDE). But it is a window manager shortcut, not an
> > application one.
> >
> > The usual default shortcuts are Ctrl-Q to quit an application and Ctrl-W
> > to close a window. We have right now the Alt-F4 shortcut on our Quit item
> > in the File menu. Something that no other application does AFAICT.
>
> Usual if you're a Windows or KDE user then - probably 90% of the world or
> more!
>

I'm quite sure Microsoft Word (and others) display Ctrl-Q on its Quit item,
and not Alt-F4. I can't check right now, but will do tonight.

> How do other wxWidgets apps do it? I'd be surprised if they set their
> own shortcuts based on the window manager that was in use at runtime.
>

Depends on the sample you look at it. I've seen Alt-X and Ctrl-Q.

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