[R-SIG-Mac] Two UI suggestions: 1. key bindings for help-page navigation buttons; 2: increase font-size of function status bar

[Berend Hasselman]

> On 15-08-2015, at 15:22, Tim Bates <timothy.c.bates at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> A couple of minor suggestions for the mac GUI.
> 
> First, Help window back-forward buttons.
> 
> Often when the user has opened help, they want to navigate back a page.
> Currently the back ( "<“  ) and forward ( “>”) buttons in the help window lack key bindings. So one has to use the mouse to navigate forward and back.
> 
> Request: Could these keys be bound to "⌘-{" and "⌘-}" respectively? That would match how Safari handles this app (and many others that have followed it for history navigation).
> 

I haven’t assigned any keyboard shortcut for Safari, The keys mentioned in Safari for me are: “⌘-[" and “⌘-]”
I would prefer  “⌘-[" and “⌘-]”  so that the Shift key is not necessary.

Berend

> Second, The function help bar (bottom of the "R console” window) is very helpful, but perhaps in too small a font size.
> 
> The font used is also smaller than Apple chooses to use for the comparable Finder folder-trail and selection status bars.
> 
> Could the font size/bar height be upped a couple of points (or perhaps linked to the display font size?
> 
> best, tim
> 
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