[vlc-devel] comments and issues for some menu accelerators

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 10:33:05AM +0300, Cristian Secară wrote :
> - on the main menu the "P" shortcut overlaps on Playlist and Playback
> (not sure about the approach here on this matter)
Fixed.

> - it is somewhat difficult to display some of the underlined
> accelerators in menus themselves, because (1) when pressing Alt and
> next letter with Alt still pressed no next accelerator is shown, and
> (2) if I first press Alt then depress it and next press the
> corresponding accelerator, there is a slight interraction with the
> program's direct shortcut "P" (for Previous); strangely, the same
> interraction seems not to appear for M for mute, or T for [I don't know
> what], or A for aspect ratio, or V for subtitle display; in order to
> test this, a DVD (or other media) must be on play
I don't understand.

> - the Playlist menu items have no underlined accelerators
Fixed.

> - on Tools menu, Add interface has no underlined accelerator
Bug for jpeg.

> - on Video menu, in static mode (i.e. menu grayed out), the "O" shortcut
> overlaps on Always On Top and Snapshot (not sure about the approach
Fixed.

> here on this matter); however, there is a strange thing here: when
> inserting a DVD there are some old or additional menu items that are
> displayed; some have not *or no longer* underlined accelerators:
> Fullscreen, Always on top (now with small caps on o and t), Wallpaper,
> Snapshot
Jpeg? those strings come from the core, right?

> - after inserting a DVD, the Playlist menu expands with more items,
> where the new ones have no underlined accelerators: Previous title,
> Next title, Previous chapter, Next chapter
Same.

> And a question: in standby there is a "Toggle Fullscreen" menu position,
> which when playing a video media becomes "Fullscreen". The Follscreen
> only seems to me normal, as once in fullscreen this same menu is gone.
> When/to whom is the "toggle" useful ? At least if it had a further Ctrl
> +[something] added, so the user know about the _toggle_ feature and how
> to turn back from full screen mode.
Same issue.
Toggle is removed.


Best Regards,

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