Opened 8 years ago
Last modified 5 years ago
#16158 closed enhancement
Enhance keyboard consistency on OS-X / Mac OS — at Initial Version
| Reported by: | dieterdreist | Owned by: | team |
|---|---|---|---|
| Priority: | normal | Milestone: | 21.04 |
| Component: | Core shortcuts | Version: | latest |
| Keywords: | CTRL command key macos keyboard javabug | Cc: |
Description
I know this is a topic which already was discussed some years ago, but the current situation is really confusing for every mac user, because of the strange keyboard implementation.
Usually on a mac there are 2 possibilities when using software: the author has taken special care for mac users and the Command ⌘ key is mapped to mac standards (e.g. ⌘+c for copy), or they haven't and you will use the CTRL key.
The strange behaviour of JOSM is that some actions are mapped to command, e.g. copy an object is ⌘+c, paste tags is ⌘+SHIFT+v, undo is ⌘+z, but others aren't.
For example to copy text in forms, like tag values, you must use CTRL+c, to paste text CTRL+v, to rotate CTRL+SHIFT, and maybe some more.
This mixed behaviour, especially the CTRL+c to copy text is extremely unusual and even after many years of intensive JOSM use still hits me from time to time.
