Re: How can i make kate behaviour go back to normal?

, > And with regard to switching views with a Kate-specific keyboard
shortcut, I
switch all the time between different windows (including settings dialogs)
of
the same or different applications with Alt+Tab. How does having to learn
and
use a different keyboard shortcut in Kate improve the UX?

You are mixing things, comparing apples and oranges. Like I suggested
already, go and use it first before assuming it's not good enough. Besides,
I am done here / don't have the energy to argue anymore.

Cheers,
Waqar



On Sun, Dec 11, 2022, 8:39 PM Ingo Klöcker <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Sonntag, 11. Dezember 2022 13:58:15 CET Waqar Ahmed wrote:
> > > It's funny how you argue that a modal dialog is bad
> >
> > What's funny? And where did I say it's bad? You misunderstand things.
>
> You wrote:
> > Why should we block the editor when the dialog is open? Give me one
> reason.
>
> I read this as "a modal dialog is bad", but maybe you meant something else
> with "block the editor when the dialog is open".
>
> > > completely overlay the main view with a settings view .
> >
> > But just for your info: you can open the settings in a split or a new
> > mainWindow
>
> So, instead of opening a separate settings dialog as almost any other KDE
> application the user should now open a separate view themselves? Do you
> realize how ironic this is?
>
> And with regard to switching views with a Kate-specific keyboard shortcut,
> I
> switch all the time between different windows (including settings dialogs)
> of
> the same or different applications with Alt+Tab. How does having to learn
> and
> use a different keyboard shortcut in Kate improve the UX?
>
> Regards,
> Ingo