keyboard-shortcuts-suggestion-max-5

Quote: echolock@gmail.com wrote on Sun, 09 September 2007 09:20

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Cmd-Backspace (also w/out the Cmd modifier) is widely used for Clear (and Delete) commands.

Cmd-Plus and Cmd-Minus are commonly used for increasing & decreasing font size.

It is generally a Good Idea to stick to common conventions when possible.

Cmd-Shift-Z is common for Redo (and preferable, IMO, to Microsoft's choice of Cmd-Y). That implies a multi-level Undo functionality, something that many of us are hoping for.

At this stage I don't know if suggestions from the Peanut Gallery are helpful for Those In Charge of Making Max 5 Happen. But I assume that when these sorts of posts start to become really annoying, a Sticky will be posted stating as much.

Quote: echolock@gmail.com wrote on Sun, 09 September 2007 09:20
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> Clear (Command -) 
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Cmd-Backspace (also w/out the Cmd modifier) is widely used for Clear (and Delete) commands. 

Cmd-Shift-Z is common for Redo (and preferable, IMO, to Microsoft's  choice of Cmd-Y). That implies a multi-level Undo functionality, something that many of us are hoping for.

At this stage I don't know if suggestions from the Peanut Gallery are helpful for Those In Charge of Making Max 5 Happen. But I assume that when these sorts of posts start to become really annoying, a Sticky will be posted stating as much.


Peter, good point regarding Command -. I would be fine with Command-Delete also.

Hopefully these (IMO simple suggestions not including multiple-undos)

will be included in Max 5, or they really could just be included in

> Quote: echolock@gmail.com wrote on Sun, 09 September 2007 09:20

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> Cmd-Backspace (also w/out the Cmd modifier) is widely used for Clear (and Delete) commands.

> Cmd-Plus and Cmd-Minus are commonly used for increasing & decreasing font size.

> It is generally a Good Idea to stick to common conventions when possible.

> Cmd-Shift-Z is common for Redo (and preferable, IMO, to Microsoft's choice of Cmd-Y). That implies a multi-level Undo functionality, something that many of us are hoping for.

> At this stage I don't know if suggestions from the Peanut Gallery are helpful for Those In Charge of Making Max 5 Happen. But I assume that when these sorts of posts start to become really annoying, a Sticky will be posted stating as much.

> Peter Castine +--> Litter Power & Litter Bundle for Jitter

> iCE: Sequencing, Recording & Interface Building for Max/MSP Extremely cool 

Hopefully these (IMO simple suggestions not including multiple-undos)
will be included in Max 5, or they really could just be included in
the next minor update.

On 9/10/07, Peter Castine  wrote:
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> Quote: echolock@gmail.com wrote on Sun, 09 September 2007 09:20
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> > Clear (Command -)
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>
> Cmd-Backspace (also w/out the Cmd modifier) is widely used for Clear (and Delete) commands.
>
> Cmd-Plus and Cmd-Minus are commonly used for increasing & decreasing font size.
>
> It is generally a Good Idea to stick to common conventions when possible.
>
> Cmd-Shift-Z is common for Redo (and preferable, IMO, to Microsoft's  choice of Cmd-Y). That implies a multi-level Undo functionality, something that many of us are hoping for.
>
> At this stage I don't know if suggestions from the Peanut Gallery are helpful for Those In Charge of Making Max 5 Happen. But I assume that when these sorts of posts start to become really annoying, a Sticky will be posted stating as much.
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> iCE:  Sequencing,  Recording & Interface  Building  for Max/MSP   Extremely cool   http://www.dspaudio.com/
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Check the archives for using javascript to control the window.scrollto command. This is great for big patches --- one could have a navigation window floating on top easily. Not sure how to do the spacebar-hand idea though... other key shortcuts could be implemented to scroll through large patches.

Actually, how about a mousestate that tracks delta movements while the spacebar is down, and sends those values to the window.scrollto? That would work fine..... Maybe I'll put up a sample patch, that's pretty interesting to consider.

Really wish there was a couple levels of zoom built in, but I imagine that would be way too complicated... anyone want to tackle the math for that?? good luck!

sheesh, you'd have to replace all the objects with the right proportionally-scaled ones... make sure they're in the right places... etc... etc... holy cow, never mind.

Actually, how about a mousestate that tracks delta movements while the spacebar is down, and sends those values to the window.scrollto?  That would work fine..... Maybe I'll put up a sample patch, that's pretty interesting to consider.

Really wish there was a couple levels of zoom built in, but I imagine that would be way too complicated... anyone want to tackle the math for that??  good luck!

> Other key shortcuts could be implemented to scroll through large

Better than creating large patches is encapsulation, I would not want to 

waste a shortcut for that. I hate patches which are bigger than my 12" 

In OS X a shortcut exists already, at least for Mac laptops. But its a 

gesture, move with two fingers and it scrolls...

> Really wish there was a couple levels of zoom built in, but I imagine

> that would be way too complicated... anyone want to tackle the math 

Wait for Windows Puppy, the next generation Windows, they copy 

There zooming is standard on OS(X) level, no math required as all is 

implemented already in Open GL, there was an example some days ago...

Seejay James schrieb:
> Other key shortcuts could be implemented to scroll through large
> patches.

Better than creating large patches is encapsulation, I would not want to 
waste a shortcut for that. I hate patches which are bigger than my 12" 
screen... ;-)
In OS X a shortcut exists already, at least for Mac laptops. But its a 
gesture, move with two fingers and it scrolls...

> Really wish there was a couple levels of zoom built in, but I imagine
> that would be way too complicated... anyone want to tackle the math 
> for that??  good luck!

Wait for Windows Puppy, the next generation Windows, they copy 
everything from Apple anyway...
There zooming is standard on OS(X) level, no math required as all is 
implemented already in Open GL, there was an example some days ago...

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