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fraang

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Registered: 2012-09-28

Posts: 12

xfce4-terminal: Issues with the keyboard shortcuts

Hello everyone!

I have noticed some issues with the default keyboard shortcuts in the xfce4-terminal. It is of course possible to change them manually but I think they should be changed upstream to improve the UX for all Xfce users.

1. Shortcut for opening a new tab
   While the Crtl + Shift + T shortcut is used in the xfce4-terminal a slighltly different shortcut (Ctrl + T) is used in thunar. In my opinion the shortcut for a new tab should identically in both programs to be more consistent in the Xfce environment and reduce confusion of newbies. Maybe this is not possible because of Shell shortcuts like Ctrl + C, ...?

2. Shortcuts for opening a new terminal window
   In the menu there is the shortcut Crtl + Shift + N which works fine but there is also the Ctrl + Alt + T shortcut which does exactly the same. Wouldn't it be better if there is only one shortcut? In my opinion the Crtl + Alt + T shortcut makes here no sense.

Any comments?

Last edited by fraang (2014-11-08 12:56:03)