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Message #282 received at 50067 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>, Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
Cc: "50067 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <50067 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: RE: [External] : bug#50067: Context menus
Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2021 16:17:11 +0000

> > 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.)

+1.

Provided, that is, that the (context) menu-item
is bound to exactly the same command as the key.
But if the key does something different from what
the item does (e.g. dependent on the context),
then omitting the key name can make sense.

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