[Users] Temporarily show otherwise hidden menu bar when Alt is pressed

[nvx]

2016/07/31 11:02, Ralf Mardorf <silver.bullet at zoho.com>:

> On Sun, 31 Jul 2016 07:57:38 +0200, nvx wrote:
> >(View > Toolbars > uncheck Menu Bar, then press the left Alt
> >key)  
> 
> Using the left Alt key to trigger an action by default is absolutely
> bad. I don't want that something happens, as soon as I push Alt, when
> I actually want to press Alt + another key, even not if it should be
> possible to press the other key and to get the desired action.

Fair enough; I understand that tastes differ. What I was pointing out
was that it probably is not such a bad idea if various other
applications have adopted this practice.

> If you dislike the default shortcuts, then why don't you edit them for
> your install?

Mapping the show/hide menu bar to just <Alt> in menurc
((gtk_accel_path "<Actions>/Menu/View/ShowHide/MenuBar" "<Alt>")) does
not work. When CM is opened and closed again this line automatically
changes to (gtk_accel_path "<Actions>/Menu/View/ShowHide/MenuBar" "").

Of course, I could map the respective action to some other key but
then what would be the difference between pressing F12 or this other
key? The beauty of LAlt, in my opinion, is in the fact that this key is
by default used to access items in the main menu (LAlt + F --> File menu
etc.) so using it to temporarily show the otherwise hidden menu bar is
sort of logical.

nvx