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evince package

Key bindng for Back and Forward functionality

Bug #398816 reported by Jeenu V
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evince (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: evince

There's no key binding for back and forward mechanism; there isn't a menu item either. The only way to access it is to have the button placed on the toolbar. Usually, on wide-screen machines, people hide toolbars and such to maximize vertical space.

Also, the ubiquitous keyboard bindings for back and forward is Alt+Left and Alt+Right (say, in Adobe reader). But in Evince this is assigned to rotating pages. Given that the latter is a least-used functionality, no only it's a wastage of key binding, but also does it cause confusion for users migrating from common programs like Adobe reader.

Jeenu V (jeenuv)
tags: added: back evince forward keybinding
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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

Thanks for the bug report. This particular bug has already been reported, but feel free to report any other bugs you find.

Changed in evince (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Ubuntu Desktop Bugs (desktop-bugs)
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
status: New → Invalid
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Jeenu V (jeenuv) wrote :

Well, I really don't think this is an exact duplicate. 262073 talks about a special key, found in special keyboards/laptops, being used for scrolling (i.e. page up and down; not back and forward). Here, the notion of back and forward is the one exhibited by, say, web browsers. My request, rather, is to make available:

1. *Normal* key bindings for back and forward functionality, just as most PDF reader would have. For example Alt+Left, Alt+Right.
2. Possibly a item in the Go menu
3. And possibly remove or add new key bindings to the rotate page functionality

But, please feel free to categorize; I just wish to help make evince better :)

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Dimitrios Symeonidis (azimout) wrote :

I agree with Jeenu, it's not a duplicate, marking as confirmed, I would find that useful too

Changed in evince (Ubuntu):
status: Invalid → Confirmed
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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

The request is an upstream one and it would be nice if somebody having it could send the bug the to the people writting the software (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Upstream/GNOME)

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Dimitrios Symeonidis (azimout) wrote :

Sent upstream, adding bug watch

Changed in evince:
importance: Undecided → Unknown
status: New → Unknown
Sebastien Bacher (seb128)
Changed in evince (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Triaged
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in evince:
status: Unknown → New
Dimitrios Symeonidis (azimout)
Changed in evince:
status: New → Unknown
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in evince:
status: Unknown → Confirmed
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in evince:
importance: Unknown → Wishlist
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ijk (ijk) wrote :

I think this is two issues

1) Add menu entries and accompanying keybindings for existing functionality. I notice there is an 'autoscroll' feature which is also not in the menus.

2)New History Feature (gnome-bugs #169903)

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xiangxw (963632192-m) wrote :

This feature is really important

Sebastien Bacher (seb128)
Changed in evince (Ubuntu):
assignee: Ubuntu Desktop Bugs (desktop-bugs) → nobody
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Denis Bitouzé (dbitouze) wrote :

I agree with ijk that evince should provide keybindings (customizable, if possible) for as many functionalities as possible, and least for:

  * navigating through the history,

  * reaching the page number field.

Thanks!

Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in evince:
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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