[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 21:45, Tim Bates <timothy.c.bates at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> On my machine OSX 10.7.5 with SL-vers of R 3.2.1, R.app GUI 1.66 (6956), the cmd-right-arrow and the cmd left arrow give forward and back behavior in help.
> 
> So it is. Not having this in any menu (unlike, say, those same keys for back and forth in the graphics window) makes it hard to discover.
> 
> Perhaps adding menu options for  “Back” and “Forward” in the “Windows” menu, showing they are bound to ⌘-[ and ⌘-] would enable discovery.
> 
> Anyone have thoughts on the function-bar help size?
> 

Very small. I can only just about read it:-). But not always.
I wouldn’t mind something larger.

Berend

> t
> 
>> I see little value in assigning this also or instead of the current behavior. I discovered this by trial and error so it might be worth documenting in the OSX-FAQ document, although it seemed pretty intuitive and was the first thing I tried after seeing this request. (It's how Firefox is configured.)
> 
>> On Aug 15, 2015, at 6:22 AM, Tim Bates wrote:
>>> A couple of minor suggestions for the mac GUI.
>>> First, Could help navigation be bound to "{" and "⌘-}" respectively?
>>> 
>>> 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?
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