Use of the Escape key

I am reviewing Appendix A (Keyboard Shortcuts) of the Getting Started Guide
v6.4 and have a question which somebody may be able to answer for me.

In a section entitled “Getting help”, the following description is given of
the Escape key’s function in the context of help information: “In
LibreOffice Help: goes up one level. For Help online, the key is handled by
the browser”.

Is the first part of this text a throwback to an old method of providing
help? If so, is it correct to say that this key is now handled by the
browser irrespective of whether the help is local or online?

Regards,

Steve Fanning

Hi Stephen,

I am reviewing Appendix A (Keyboard Shortcuts) of the Getting Started Guide
v6.4 and have a question which somebody may be able to answer for me.

In a section entitled “Getting help”, the following description is given of
the Escape key’s function in the context of help information: “In
LibreOffice Help: goes up one level. For Help online, the key is handled by
the browser”.

The old local installed 'built-in' Help, opens separate dialogs.
Usually, ESC closes a dialog, triggering Cancel. For the built-in Help,
that is not relevant. So ESC does not close the dialog. Neither does it
go up one level (assuming that is meant back to a previous visited page,
or up to chapter level from paragraph).

Is the first part of this text a throwback to an old method of providing
help? If so, is it correct to say that this key is now handled by the
browser irrespective of whether the help is local or online?

Unless someone else comes up with a description that makes sense and
adds something to the user experience (I can't remember using ESC in the
browser), I would suggest to leave that part out.

Cor

I would agree with Cor. The "Help" facility, both on-line and local is a
set of HTML files viewed in a web browser and the web browser's
navigation controls are used.
So +1 to drop the "Esc" key from the "Getting Help" shortcut keys.

Dave

Thanks to Cor and Dave. I've removed the relevant line from the draft
chapter.

Regards,

Steve