GNU bug report logs - #50067
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Message #294 received at 50067 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
Cc: 50067 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#50067: Context menus
Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2021 22:31:40 +0300

> From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
> Cc: 50067 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2021 21:54:40 +0300
> 
> >> 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.
> >>
> >> This patch hides all keys from the context menus:
> >
> > Unconditionally? why??  Emacs always shows the keyboard bindings in
> > its menus, so why should we care what other apps do?  And why force
> > this on everyone?
> 
> The patch disables the keys conditionally by adding a new
> text property to the menu title.

I meant user's ability to request the display of key bindings in the
menu.  I hope you don't expect users to change text properties on menu
titles as the means to have that control.  There should be an option,
and frankly I don't understand why these menus should behave
differently from any other menu in Emacs that shows commands.

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