This recently opened issue got me thinking again about the use of the keyboard in Avogadro, in particular with the Navigation and Manipulation Tools. So by “navigation” I’m meaning in the sense of the Navigation Tool rather than navigation of the interface. As demonstrated by the user’s question, t…

Certainly seems worth trying. IIRC the current key bindings were more from compatibility with Avogadro v1, but that’s probably less critical. I’d just be careful that in these days of common laptop use, not everyone has a mouse handy, so [image] matterhorn103: Have scroll/the mouse wheel expli…

[image] ghutchis: I’d just be careful that in these days of common laptop use, not everyone has a mouse handy Very good point and you’re right, definitely something that should strongly influence our choices. A further thing to bear very much in mind is accessibility, so if anyone has any th…

[image] matterhorn103: Were you thinking a simple choice between a few schemes or the ability to fully customize all key bindings? For now, I’d go for a choice between schemes rather than customizing all key bindings. The latter sounds complicated given i18n / localization issues (e.g., not a…

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