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Bug 489249

Summary:	Release F11 shortcut so that F11 can be used for the full screen command
Product:	[Eclipse Project] Platform	Reporter:	Lars Vogel <Lars.Vogel>
Component:	Debug	Assignee:	Platform-Debug-Inbox <platform-debug-inbox>
Status:	RESOLVED WONTFIX	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	P3	CC:	daniel_megert, Lars.Vogel, malaperle, marc.khouzam, noopur_gupta, sarika.sinha, stephan.herrmann
Version:	4.6
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Linux
See Also:	https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=489087
Whiteboard:
Bug Depends on:
Bug Blocks:	489087, 491572, 491785

Description Lars Vogel

2016-03-08 18:54:28 EST

F11 is commonly used to put a browser in full screen mode. Bug 489087 plans to provide a full screen mode for the Eclipse IDE and we should use the shortcut which is commonly used for that, if possible. 

Could JDT use another shortcut for launching applications?

Comment 1 Stephan Herrmann

2016-03-09 12:39:35 EST

During my debug sessions, F11 is among the most frequently used shortcuts along with F5-F8. I don't believe we have a free key that matches the existing convenience. Therefor I vote for keeping the existing binding *at least for the debug perspective*.

BTW, I personally don't consider Eclipse a web browser :)

Comment 2 Sarika Sinha

2016-03-09 22:24:36 EST

Moving it to Platform Debug as it is defined for all debugging projects like JDT, CDT.

This will impact lots of people. Many people are used to using F11 for debugging. We might want to get the opinion by posting this bug reference in cross-project ?

Comment 3 Dani Megert

2016-03-14 12:08:18 EDT

(In reply to Stephan Herrmann from comment #1)
> During my debug sessions, F11 is among the most frequently used shortcuts
> along with F5-F8. I don't believe we have a free key that matches the
> existing convenience. Therefor I vote for keeping the existing binding *at
> least for the debug perspective*.
> 
> BTW, I personally don't consider Eclipse a web browser :)

+1