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bug#50067: Context menus
From: |
Lars Ingebrigtsen |
Subject: |
bug#50067: Context menus |
Date: |
Mon, 27 Sep 2021 17:50:15 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
Juri Linkov <juri@linkov.net> writes:
> Other programs don't show the keys in context menus.
> The Human Interface Guidelines say:
>
> Show keyboard shortcuts in menu bar menus, not contextual menus.
> Contextual menus are already shortcuts to task-specific commands;
> it's redundant to display keyboard shortcuts too.
I'm not sure I agree with those guidelines -- displaying the key
bindings increases the discoverability of those key bindings. (Not
using the mouse is more productive in the long term for most people.)
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