Metadata Editor: Add More Keyboard Shortcuts and Make Existing Ones Intuitive
The ME needs a keyboard shortcut for every function. 'Search External Resources', 'Release Record', and many other actions do not have keyboard shortcuts, so I still essentially have to use the menu for everything. This is simply inaccessible.
Secondly, the shortcuts that do exist don't make sense. A new field is F8, but deleting a field is CTRL + F6? Why not just make it CTRL + F8? Or F9? These shortcuts are poorly thought out and confusing.
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MeiMei commented
Agreed! Some shortcuts are confusing. And we need more shortcuts.
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Patt Leonard commented
See also the suggestion "MD editing shortcuts need to be more applicable" and combine the votes.
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Teressa Keenan commented
Agreed. I thought the new UI was supposed to cut down on mouse clicks. This is a serious accessibility issue. Making a product accessible should be as important for the back end as it is for the public end.
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K Floyd commented
Some confounding shortcuts:
CTRL + d in Alma ME = delete; CTRL + d in Connexion = delimiter. I've lost time because I think delimiter, hit ctrl+d, and then need to go through the no, don't delete this record dialogue.CTRL + F5 = refresh. My fat fingers have accidentally refreshed a page instead of CTRL+F6 deleting a field often, so I would be in favor of making delete field = Ctrl+F8, far away from refresh.