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- Human Interface Note #8
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- Note #8 Keyboard Equivalents
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- Revised by: Scott Jenson June 1990
- Written by: Scott Jenson April 1990
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- A discussion of the standard Apple Human Interface keyboard equivalents.
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- Standard Keyboard Equivalents
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- N New Z Undo
- O Open... X Cut
- W Close C Copy
- S Save V Paste
- P Print... A Select All
- Q Quit
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- These keyboard equivalents are reserved across all applications. If
- your application does not support one of these commands, it should not
- use these keys for any other function. This restriction is for the
- user's benefit; it gives them guaranteed, predictable behavior across
- all applications. Using Command-O to mean "Open..." ninety-nine percent
- of the time and "Ostracize..." in your special case does two things: 1)
- users do not consider using Command-O, as it is already taken by all
- other applications, and 2) the variability of the equivalent only
- weakens their perception of consistency.
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- Other Common Keyboard Equivalents
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- F Find... T Plain Text
- G Find Again B Bold
- I Italic
- U Underline
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- These Command keys equivalents are secondary to the standard keys
- previously listed. If your product does not support one of these
- functions, then feel free to use these equivalents as you wish.
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- Note that the keyboard equivalents for Print... and Plain Text are
- different from past Human Interface guidelines, which suggested P for
- Plain Text and nothing at all for Print. The marketplace has, by and
- large, standardized upon P for Print, leaving no common Command key
- equivalent for Plain Text. Apple has accepted this change and now
- suggests standardizing on T for Plain Text, based upon its mnemonic
- value and common usage among applications that use P for Print.
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- Unnecessary Command Keys
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- There should not be Command key equivalents for infrequently used menu
- commands. This type of usage only burdens your users and constrains
- your life even more. Only add Command key equivalents to commands your
- users use most frequently. As infrequently as it is chosen by most
- users, "Page Setup..." is an example of menu command that does not need a
- key equivalent.
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