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Key rebinding option menu and rebinding into symbols and numpad numbers

Boomy
Apr 22, 2016 at 10:41 am
I would like to draw some attention towards the need for this option menu. Whilst it is pretty doable to rebind the keys using the provided readme file, it is quiet a mess for people unaccustomed to such things and even then, the program cannot load hotkeys if any are bind to symbols or numpad numbers, which results in the program ignoring the keybindings.json file.

The problem is that people who will actually need to rebind keys are most likely unable to make proper use of the stock ones. For example, personally as a left-handed person to use a "control + z" keybind I'd had to let go of my wacom pen/mouse, so there's not much time nor ergonomic difference between using the shortuct or pressing the button in the UI. This is the case where numpad access becomes necessary.

Keybindings are very important to the workflow, ergonomics and speed at which we can accomplish our tasks. A bit more so than it might seem at the first glance.