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Bug 44436

Summary: [KeyBindings] Modifing key bindings is very confusing.
Product: [Eclipse Project] Platform Reporter: Michael Van Meekeren <michaelvanmeekeren>
Component: UIAssignee: Chris McLaren <csmclaren>
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE QA Contact:
Severity: normal    
Priority: P3    
Version: 3.0   
Target Milestone: ---   
Hardware: PC   
OS: Windows XP   
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Description Michael Van Meekeren CLA 2003-10-08 10:02:28 EDT 
Integration build Oct 08/2003.

I find it very difficult to set key bindings in the Window > Preferences > 
Keys  page.

It took me three attempts to change Ctrl+F6 to just F6 when testing bug 37280.

The difficulty is that it is difficult to differentiate between: 

- when you are viewing existing key bindings 
- when you are setting new key bindings
- what button do you need to press to assign a new key and to which category 
or configuration does it apply.

Perhaps a very simple wizard would help... i.e. a button, "Change a key 
binding"
-what key?
- when shoudl this key binding be valid?
-there is/is not a previous value, do you want to overwrite?
-OK
Comment 1 Chris McLaren CLA 2003-10-08 15:01:19 EDT 
i've moved your comments over to the other bug..

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 43506 ***