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Key: IDEADEV-22820
Type: Usability Problem Usability Problem
Status: Open Open
Priority: Major Major
Assignee: Eugene Zhuravlev
Reporter: Thomas Singer
Votes: 3
Watchers: 2
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Debugger, Smart Step: two much difference key hits required

Created: 26 Jul 07 19:38   Updated: 21 Oct 08 18:18
Component/s: Debugger
Fix Version/s: None

Original Estimate: Unknown Remaining Estimate: Unknown Time Spent: Unknown

Build: 7,087
Severity: Medium


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Currently you need to click Shift+F7 to pop up the context menu showing the steps, (optionally cursor-up/-down) and Enter.

Wouldn't it be much more userfriendly, when it would work like Alt+Tab on any operating system (I know, it only could work like this when the shortcut contains modifiers like Shift/Ctrl/...)?

  • pressing and holding Shift+F7 opens the context menu with the first entry
    selected (the one which would be invoked next with F7)
  • as long as the Shift key is hold, one could press F7 to change the
    selection to the next step
  • releasing the Shift key finally invokes the action


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Eugene Zhuravlev - 06 Sep 07 19:25
Sounds interesting, though I see one problem: since no other key combination works like this, the behaviour is unexpected and thus confusing.

Thomas Singer - 06 Sep 07 19:53
Well, doesn't the tab-switch plug-in (which should be included in IDEA) does the same? Although the user might not expect it the first time, I'm sure, (s)he will be able to easily understand it because it is a known behaviour on nearly all important operating systems (Alt+Tab).

Thomas Singer - 16 Oct 07 16:18
Eugene, do you plan to address this issue in the next release?

Eugene Zhuravlev - 24 Oct 07 16:17
Yes. Probably even in bugfix update

Thomas Singer - 29 Jan 08 15:41
Eugene, what bugfix update did you mean?

Thomas Singer - 21 Oct 08 18:18
What about this issue? Is it stalled? Did you (Eugene) left the IDEA team?