command+Y as import shortcut in online search?

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Should command+Y be implemented as a shortcut for the Import command in the Online Search window?

Poll ended at Tue Oct 04, 2011 8:10 am

No. This shortcut should only be used to copy citations, not for importing new references into the database.
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No. Not a necessary feature for me. Jon should rather spend his time on something else, like taking a nice walk and enjoying the late summer.
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Yes. I also found myself hitting this keyboard combination to import references.
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Yes. I guess it might be useful to have a handy keyboard shortcut for importing references.
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I really don’t care. Do whatever you like.
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I have a better idea! (Which I will explain in a separate post below.)
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command+Y as import shortcut in online search?

Post by ozean »

Jon & others:

Probably since the time I started using Bookends I frequently found myself in the Online Search window selecting a reference that I want to import and then hitting command+Y to import/copy the citation into the database. Of course this does not work and I then have to remind myself to move the cursor down to the import button and click on that.

Did anyone else experience the same?

Hah, I’ll make a poll for this, just for the fun of it :)
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Re: command+Y as import shortcut in online search?

Post by Jon »

I won't vote, but I will say that I've never seen an app that uses the same command-key combination for different things, depending on the window. Strikes me as very un-HIG-like.

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Re: command+Y as import shortcut in online search?

Post by ozean »

True, I agree that from a HIG point of view this will probably not be a good idea.

But somehow my fingers just won’t comply to this, they try this again and again… :?
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