Ctrl+Spacebar ignores map modes

[openstreetmap.org-user-d1g]

Steps:
set plugins AS to
[CommandLine, FastDraw, OpeningHoursEditor, apache-commons, apache-http, buildings_tools]

Observed:

no relevant items with "Fas" term
no relevant items with "draw" term
no relevant items with "building" term (from buildings_tools)

relevant items with "circle" term (from CommandLine) because they they are in menu "Commands"

[simon04]

What is the expected behaviour? Map modes had not been meant for being selectable via Ctrl+Space.

[openstreetmap.org-user-d1g]

Replying to simon04:

What is the expected behaviour?

similar to mouse click on the mode button: switch, activate a mode

Map modes had not been meant for being selectable via Ctrl+Space.

any particular reason for this? Delete action is possible, but delete mode isn't?

[simon04]

Replying to openstreetmap.org-user-d1g:

any particular reason for this? Delete action is possible, but delete mode isn't?

No. I just didn't think of adding them as well (they do also not appear in the menu, in contrast to toggle dialogs and shortcut icons). Personally, I do not see a benefit of having them listed in the Ctrl+Space dialog.

[openstreetmap.org-user-d1g]

Replying to simon04:

Personally, I do not see a benefit of having them listed in the Ctrl+Space dialog.

Not everyone needs to exclude them? If you permanently exclude some items, this would mean that there multiple places to lookup for items.

More alternatives to learn or to remember or to forget about.

Ctrl+Spacebar name of the tool is a very convenient (single Ctrl+Spacebar shortcut) and quick way to access tools/modes (not need to use multiple menus from main menu). This is especially true when you don't know what is where, what short-cuts are.

There no reason to exclude just 10-20 items (modes) from 150-300 item list (menu items, buttons, etc), it won't make it more usable (a huge 150 item list wouldn't be easier with just 130 items).

BTW, this is not a list, this is an interactive search interface (text field). We can add support for exclusion "-mode" if users would request this.

We can have checkboxes in this dialogue, so that we search only within a subset of the items
[] modes
[] main menu items
[] buttons
[] user defined buttons

BTW, in the long run, I see no reason to limit it only to actions:
[] window name
[] tab name
[] label name (javax.swing.JLabel)

[Don-vip]

In 15438/josm:

fix #12662 - add new Mode menu, listing map modes. Also allows to find them via ctrl+spacebar