[Bug 34616] New: wine application needs a command-H keyboard shortcut in the wine menu.

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=34616

Bug #: 34616
           Summary: wine application needs a command-H keyboard shortcut
                    in the wine menu.
           Product: Wine
           Version: 1.7.3
          Platform: x86-64
        OS/Version: Mac OS X
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: winemac.drv
        AssignedTo: [e-mail]
        ReportedBy: [e-mail]
    Classification: Unclassified

On the Mac OS X version of Wine 1.7.3, the Wine->Hide menu item should have a
keyboard shortcut of Command-H per the Mac OS X guidelines.

[Bug 34616] wine application needs a command-H keyboard shortcut in the wine menu.

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=34616

Ken Thomases  changed:

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             Status|UNCONFIRMED                 |RESOLVED
                 CC|                            |[e-mail]
         Resolution|                            |WONTFIX

--- Comment #1 from Ken Thomases  2013-09-28 21:58:07 CDT ---
I specifically did not use that keyboard shortcut in the Mac menu created by
the Mac driver.  Since the Mac driver maps the Command key to the Windows Alt
key, Command-H is how the user would type Alt-H into a program which needs
that.  (Also, it may be that, in a game for example, the user might be holding
down Command to fire, crouch, run, or something and pressing H for some other
separate action.  That is, they don't think of themselves as pressing Command-H
or Alt-H, but they effectively are.)  I don't want them to trigger the Hide
menu item by accident.

In general, I'm avoiding adding any keyboard shortcuts to the Mac menu items
that use key combinations that might be needed by Windows programs.  Since the
Mac driver does not map the Option key to any Windows modifier, I'm only using
keyboard shortcuts that include the Option key.  That's why I used
Command-Option-Q for Quit even though the Mac standard is Command-Q.  I didn't
use Command-Option-H for Hide because Command-Option-H already has a standard
meaning as Hide Others.

As somebody who regularly uses Hide to de-clutter his desktop, I fully
understand that this is an inconvenience.  However, there are other ways to
hide an app and no other way to type Alt-H, so I figured the trade-off was
worth it.

I think you can use the Keyboard Shortcuts tab of the Keyboard pane of System
Preferences to assign Command-H to the Hide item of Wine's Mac menus.

[Bug 34616] wine application needs a command-H keyboard shortcut in the wine menu.

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=34616

--- Comment #2 from Frank Schima  2013-09-29 14:07:33 CDT ---
Thanks for the detailed response. FYI, I did try to add it with Keyboard
Shortcuts in System Preferences, but it would not let me select the wine binary
file because it apparently only accepts "proper" Mac OS X applications (i.e.
not command line binaries).

[Bug 34616] wine application needs a command-H keyboard shortcut in the wine menu.

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=34616

--- Comment #3 from Ken Thomases  2013-09-29 14:32:50 CDT ---
You can try adding the keyboard shortcut for All Applications.  Although that
would seem to be indiscriminate and maybe have side effects for other apps, it
won't be because you enter the full title of the menu item.  That title is
"Hide Wine", so few if any other apps will be affected.

[Bug 34616] wine application needs a command-H keyboard shortcut in the wine menu.

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=34616

--- Comment #4 from Frank Schima  2013-09-29 14:41:39 CDT ---
That works perfectly. Thank you!

[Bug 34616] wine application needs a command-H keyboard shortcut in the wine menu.

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=34616

Austin English  changed:

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--- Comment #5 from Austin English  2013-10-22 04:42:30 CDT ---
Closing.

[Bug 34616] wine application needs a command-H keyboard shortcut in the wine menu.

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=34616

Gregory  changed:

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--- Comment #6 from Gregory  ---
"Since the Mac driver maps the Command key to the Windows Alt key"

I'm confused and wondering if this is still true.  Which and who owns the "Mac
driver" ?

[Bug 34616] wine application needs a command-H keyboard shortcut in the wine menu.

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=34616

--- Comment #7 from Ken Thomases  ---
(In reply to Gregory from comment #6)
> "Since the Mac driver maps the Command key to the Windows Alt key"
>
> I'm confused and wondering if this is still true.  Which and who owns the
> "Mac driver" ?

I'm the maintainer of the Mac driver and, yes, it's still true.