On Dec 19, 2007 1:22 PM, Diederik van Lierop <mail@...1689...> wrote:
I agree too. Why do we have both function keys and characters connected to the tools at all?
Because these two approaches come from two lines of vector editors. Illustrator and its relatives use letters, Corel Draw and its relatives use F keys. We use both.
characters, as these are not mentioned in the tooltip. If we could free the function keys,
Please no. This would be a way too disruptive change at this stage, and I don't really see any need for it.
merely Windows conventions? Plus, next time we introduce a new tool it won't mess up the ordering of the function keys.
New tools don't mess up anything. They just take previously unused F key combinations, grouping when possible by similarity of function (e.g. F6 and its modifiers are all drawing tools).