[Request for Comment] Assigning Ctrl+/ to open the Preference Dialog or About FreeCAD dialog?

[Kunda1]

Right now, AFAICT, there is not shortcut that opens the Preferences Editor
I vote that the shortcut key:
Ctrl + /
be assigned to that operation.

Thoughts ?

[kisolre]

Mhy do we need a shortcut for this? I open it about once a month so shortcut will not help anyway. Once you tune your preferences you rarely need to change something.

[Kunda1]

Mhy do we need a shortcut for this? I open it about once a month so shortcut will not help anyway. Once you tune your preferences you rarely need to change something.

I've encountered many applications that actually assign a keyboard shortcut to open up their preferences. It's also something that's very common on MacOS.

[chrisb]

Why do we need a shortcut for this? I open it about once a month so shortcut will not help anyway. Once you tune your preferences you rarely need to change something.

+1

I am really a keyboard fan, and I know the situation where I fiddle with the preferences many times a day, but usually it is really rarely used.

It's also something that's very common on MacOS.

The shortcut on MacOS is usually "CMD+," Using something different seems to cause more confusion than having no shortcut at all.

[Jee-Bee]

+1 for shortcut.
Specially if it is cmd+, OR ctrl+,

[chrisb]

Because it is easy to misread, I want to clarify: on MacOS the shortcut is CMD_key and additionally KOMMA_key.

[kisolre]

Can you press those with one hand under MacOS?

[wmayer]

Everybody can assign a shortcut (via the Customize command) to the function if desired.

[chrisb]

Can you press those with one hand under MacOS?

On my keyboard: Yes. I don't know if that is the default on Mac keyboards, but I have a CMD key on both sides of the SPACE. My keyboard is small enough (or my hands are so huge) that I can reach from the left CMD key to the PLUS key on the right.

[wmayer]

Qt offers the class QKeySequence that defines platform-dependent short cuts:

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from PySide import QtGui
ks=QtGui.QKeySequence(QtGui.QKeySequence.Preferences)
ks.toString()
ks.isEmpty()

However, on Windows it doesn't set a short cut. Can anyone test on macOS or Linux?