GNU bug report logs - #50067
Context menus

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>

Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2021 08:52:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: fixed

Fixed in version 28.0.50

Done: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
Cc: 50067 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#50067: Context menus
Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2021 17:50:15 +0200

Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net> writes:

> Other programs don't show the keys in context menus.
> The Human Interface Guidelines say:
>
>   Show keyboard shortcuts in menu bar menus, not contextual menus.
>   Contextual menus are already shortcuts to task-specific commands;
>   it's redundant to display keyboard shortcuts too.

I'm not sure I agree with those guidelines -- displaying the key
bindings increases the discoverability of those key bindings.  (Not
using the mouse is more productive in the long term for most people.)

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