Closed Bug 22184 Opened 25 years ago Closed 24 years ago

[RFE] Keyboard accelerator to open sidebar

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(Core :: DOM: UI Events & Focus Handling, enhancement, P2)

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VERIFIED FIXED
mozilla0.9

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(Reporter: marshall, Assigned: bugzilla)

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How about using the `~ (Tilde) key to toggle the sidebar. The reason I suggest this key is because many computer games are using it to bring down the consol (Which is similar to the sidebar) Someone else suggested F9 which is apparently a similar key in homesite (Never used it before). If the side bar isn't checked in the pulldown menu it would toggle between fully visible and totally invisible If the side bar is checked, in the pulldown menu it would toggle between open and collapsed.
Assignee: nobody → slamm
Component: Browser-General → Sidebar
QA Contact: nobody → paulmac
Moving to correct component.
changing assignment from nobody@netscape.com to nobody@mozilla.org
Assignee: nobody → slamm
[Just noticed that the activity log says that the bug was reassigned to slamm but the assigned-to field says nobody. Reassigning to slamm. Sorry if I am wrong to do so. If someone reassigned it to nobody (from being slamm) then there is a bug in mozilla's activity log system, please tell terry.]
Assignee: slamm → german
German, should we designate a key to open/close the sidebar?
Hardware: PC → All
Summary: Use Tilde key to toggle sidebar → [RFE] Use Tilde key to toggle sidebar
spam: changing qa contact on sidebar bugs from paulmac to shrir@netscape.com (all 67 of them!)
QA Contact: paulmac → shrir
set to later milestone.
Target Milestone: --- → M20
Using the Tilde (~) seems a bit problematic to me, since the Tilde ain't very accessible for other keyboard layouts than the american one. Also you should consider that the hotkey will be disabled whilest typing within a textfield, location bar or similar. Still, I support this idea and propose the Keypad * to collapse/expand the sidebar, but maybe an or Ctrl or Ctrl-Shift combination should be considered, such as Ctrl-Shift-S.
changving component to UI feedback to include proper folks for feedback/ideas. One more concern I'd like to add is that command-tilde is being used to cycle through windows in 4.x and being planned to use in Mozilla also. Nonetheless the idea is valuable to have a sidebar open/close key. F9 is not suuch a great idea IMO, since many mac user won't be able to access that.
Status: NEW → ASSIGNED
Component: Sidebar → User Interface: Design Feedback
Component: User Interface: Design Feedback → Keyboard Navigation
I propose reassigning this bug to ben, the mozilla UI owner, so he can add this to his 'ongoing discussions bin' BTW Keypad-* is also not very accessible through many laptop keyboards (I don't have a keypad on mine :-(
Assignee: german → ben
Status: ASSIGNED → NEW
My text editor (Allaire Homesite) uses F9 to show/hide its sidebar ;)
what does IE use?
I don't know if there's a single keystroke for opening or closing the IE "sidebar", but Ctrl-H opens history in the sidebar and closes the sidebar if history is already open. (Does Mozilla have keyboard shortcuts for opening specific sidebar panels?)
If you consult the "accessibility" section in the IE help, it'll tell you everything you need to know about showing things in the IE "sidebar". FWIW I think that this is an absolutely wretched idea. If you do this, you won't be able to type an ñ using the US-International keyboard layout (for example). Keyboard shortcuts to show/hide the sidebar would however be useful.
How about the escape key?
escape is used to stop a page from loading. I wouldn't want to see the side bar toggle in and out as I'm trying to stop a page from loading.
reassigning to me. let's reach a decision about the key to use.
Assignee: ben → blakeross
Priority: P3 → P2
Summary: [RFE] Use Tilde key to toggle sidebar → [RFE] Keyboard accelerator to open sidebar
Target Milestone: M20 → mozilla1.0
My vote is for F9.
Well, F9 has two more votes than the 0 we have for anything else. Unless anyone has any better ideas, that's what I'm doing.
Status: NEW → ASSIGNED
Target Milestone: mozilla1.0 → mozilla0.9
changing cc from johng to kmurray who is the new Sidebar PM
Attached patch patch (deleted) — Splinter Review
r=jag
Fix checked in.
Status: ASSIGNED → RESOLVED
Closed: 24 years ago
Resolution: --- → FIXED
Filed bug 61215 for showing the shortcut in the view menu.
f9 works to toggle the sidebar. Verified on all branch builds (1127)
Status: RESOLVED → VERIFIED
Component: Keyboard: Navigation → User events and focus handling
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