Home and End keys on macOS
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Description
Hi,
I have noticed that DrRacket doesn't follow the conventions on macOS with regards
to the Home and End keys.
On an external keyboard the Home and End keys in most macOS applications
are bound to "beginning of document" and "end of document". This is can
be observed in Pages, Chrome, Safari and other programs.
The macOS User Guide describes this behaviour too:
https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/mac-help/cpmh0152/mac
In DrRacket these keys are bound to "beginning of line" and "end of line".
This follows the convention used on Linux and Windows.
The conventions are described here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_key
Personally I think it would make sense to follow the platform conventions.
However typing habits die hard, so if the default keybindings stay,
I suggest adding a new option to the "General Editing" tab in preferences.
/Jens Axel
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Research direction
Start by locating DrRacket's Home and End keybinding handling on macOS and the General Editing preferences mentioned in the issue. Compare the current behavior with the platform convention described in the linked macOS guide, then verify that the chosen default or preference produces document-level navigation without disrupting other platforms.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- macos
- Domain
- desktop, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100