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Bug 350774

Summary:	[5 mins] - Add shortcuts for "Ok" and "Cancel" in usual eclipse dialogues
Product:	[Eclipse Project] Platform	Reporter:	Missing name <hennr>
Component:	UI	Assignee:	Platform-UI-Inbox <Platform-UI-Inbox>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID	QA Contact:
Severity:	enhancement
Priority:	P3	CC:	remy.suen
Version:	3.7
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:

Description Missing name

2011-06-30 03:52:54 EDT

I noticed that most of the buttons in eclipse dialogues have a shortcut like Alt+F for forward or Alt+B for backward etc.
What is missing are these shortcuts for "Ok" and "Cancel" please add them for convenience reasons.

Thanks.


-- Configuration Details --
Product: Eclipse 1.4.0.20110609-1120 (org.eclipse.epp.package.java.product)
Installed Features:
 org.eclipse.platform 3.7.0.v20110530-9gF7UHNFFt4cwE-pkZDJ7oz-mj4OSEIlu9SEv0f

Comment 1 Remy Suen

2011-06-30 09:02:53 EDT

'Cancel' is usually synonymous with hitting the Esc key. For dialogs that are not harmful, the 'OK' button is the default button for the dialog and just hitting the 'Enter' key will act as though it is click on the 'OK' button.

Making a global change like this now will likely affect the mnemonics that have been set on other existing controls in a dialog.

Comment 2 Oleg Besedin

2011-06-30 09:05:28 EDT

"Enter" and "Esc" keys are used for this purpose.