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Options dialog: Compose key section is unclear

Open nmatt opened this issue 4 years ago • 1 comments

The Compose key section in the Options dialog (Composing tab) is confusing and unclear:

  1. It's not clear what the semantics of the two "Change..." buttons are. Do they allow to configure two different compose keys that work interchangeably? I.e. there is no difference between which of the two are used? Before trying the two buttons, resulting in two keys being displayed, it's totally unclear why there are two buttons. It looks like a display/logic bug at first (duplicate button).

  2. When cancelling the "Change..." dialog (for the second button), "Disabled" ist displayed for the key instead of nothing/blank. Does "Disabled" mean something different from blank? It's not clear after cancelling the key capture dialog whether cancelling has now changed the state in some way (if before it was blank instead of "Disabled").

IMO there should be a label "Alternative Compose Key" (or similar), if indeed that's what it is. Also, if "Disabled" represents the same state as blank, that state should not be represented in two different ways.

nmatt avatar Feb 25 '21 23:02 nmatt

You are absolutely right, this part of the UI really provides a subpar user experience. It is mostly a result of my unfamiliarity with WPF at the time I wrote it, and it could really benefit from a rework.

samhocevar avatar Feb 25 '21 23:02 samhocevar