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Idea #24938: alt+f4 on desktop should bring menu to user asking query

Written by dragoninsane the 26 May 10 at 13:14. Related project: Gnome. Status: New
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new users and old users should be able to quit more easily
Tags: menu user

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Solution #1: ALT+F4 on desktop should bring a menu
Written by dragoninsane the 26 May 10 at 13:14.
the command alt+f4 is usually for closing application also on desktop when user wants to close gnome session or reload gnome menu this command can be very helpful.also this should ask user what he wishes to do like
1)close gnome session(restart X)
2)close programs that are not responding
3)logout current user
4)restart
5)hibernate
6)lock the system
7)shutdown
all this through a graphical query.

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dragoninsane wrote on the 26 May 10 at 13:20
do this or re-enable ctrl+alt+backspace.

cheesehead (Brainstorm admin) wrote on the 28 May 10 at 04:09
This is already implemented in Xubuntu.

dragoninsane wrote on the 28 May 10 at 15:21
please implement this in ubuntu

Mark Stosberg wrote on the 29 May 10 at 08:24
I don't see this is as problem that needs address. I would find it very confusing if Alt-F4 did so many different things. I like that it just quits applications!

Ubuntu already offers some keyboard shortcut possibilities for "Logout", "Lock Screen" and "Suspend". Look under System: Preferences: Keyboard Shortcuts.

I now use "Ctrl-Alt-L" frequently for "Lock Screen", and that's handy.

Mark

dragoninsane wrote on the 1 Jun 10 at 14:57
mark what are shortcuts for logout ,lock screen and suspend??

mydoghasworms wrote on the 1 Jun 10 at 18:19
I agree with this idea. Mark, what else does Alt+F4 do? Conceptually, the desktop is also an application, and closing it should offer to log you off. It's actually very instinctive.


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