Updating keys documentation

diff --git a/doc/keys.html b/doc/keys.html
index e62482e3b7d1325c8630e918a24279ff7aae8e89..0a3c3f4ef6b56ab1e59344f8742976ebfc0e1395 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/keys.html
+++ b/doc/keys.html
@@ -471,7 +471,12 @@ RFE</a>).</p><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"><tr><td colspan="
 <tr bgcolor="eee4dc"><td align="right"><span class="key">Alt+click</span></td><td><span class="action">select under</span></td></tr>
 <tr bgcolor="eee4dc"><td colspan="3"><span class="note">Alt+click selects the object at click point which is beneath (in z-order) the lowest selected object at click point.</span></td></tr>
 <tr bgcolor="eee4dc"><td colspan="3"><span class="note">If the bottom object is reached, Alt+click again selects the top object. So, several Alt+clicks cycle through z-order stack at point.</span></td></tr>
-<tr bgcolor="eee4dc"><td colspan="3"><span class="note">On Linux, Alt+click and Alt+drag may be reserved by the window manager. Reconfigure it so you can use them in Inkscape.</span></td></tr>
+<tr bgcolor="eee4dc"><td colspan="3"><span class="note">On Linux, Alt+click and Alt+drag may be reserved by the window manager.  If you reconfigure your window manager </span></td></tr>
+<tr bgcolor="eee4dc"><td colspan="3"><span class="note">to not map Alt+click, then it will be free for Inkscape to use.  </span></td></tr>
+<tr bgcolor="eee4dc"><td colspan="3"><span class="note">If your keyboard has a Meta key, you may wish to set your "Modifier
+key" to use it instead of Alt.</span></td></tr>
+<tr bgcolor="eee4dc"><td colspan="3"><span class="note">(Sometimes you can also use Ctrl+Alt+click (select under in
+groups) with the same effect as Alt+click.)</span></td></tr>
 <tr bgcolor="eee4dc"><td align="right"><span class="key">Shift+Alt+click</span></td><td><span class="action">toggle under</span></td></tr>
 <tr bgcolor="eee4dc"><td align="right"><span class="key">Ctrl+Alt+click</span></td><td><span class="action">select under, in groups</span></td></tr>
 <tr bgcolor="eee4dc"><td align="right"><span class="key">Shift+Ctrl+Alt+click</span></td><td><span class="action">toggle under, in groups</span></td></tr>
@@ -775,7 +780,8 @@ RFE</a>).</p><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"><tr><td colspan="
 
 <tr bgcolor="ebf1fd"><td colspan="3"><h4>Editing</h4></td></tr>
 <tr bgcolor="ebf1fd"><td align="right"><span class="key">click</span></td><td><span class="action">click an object to select</span></td></tr>
-<tr bgcolor="ebf1fd"><td align="right"><span class="key">Alt+click</span></td><td><span class="action">select under</span></td></tr>
+<tr bgcolor="ebf1fd"><td align="right"><span class="key">Alt+click</span>,
+<span class="key">Ctrl+Alt+click</span></td><td><span class="action">select under</span></td></tr>
 <tr bgcolor="ebf1fd"><td align="right"><span class="key">Shift+click</span></td><td><span class="action">toggle selection</span></td></tr>
 <tr bgcolor="ebf1fd"><td align="right"><span class="key">mouse drag</span></td><td><span class="action">drag a handle to resize or round corners</span></td></tr>
 <tr bgcolor="ebf1fd"><td colspan="3"><span class="note">Initially, the two rounding handles are in the top right corner; two resize handles are in top left and bottom right corners.</span></td></tr>
@@ -798,7 +804,8 @@ RFE</a>).</p><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"><tr><td colspan="
 
 <tr bgcolor="ffece8"><td colspan="3"><h4>Editing</h4></td></tr>
 <tr bgcolor="ffece8"><td align="right"><span class="key">click</span></td><td><span class="action">click an object to select</span></td></tr>
-<tr bgcolor="ffece8"><td align="right"><span class="key">Alt+click</span></td><td><span class="action">select under</span></td></tr>
+<tr bgcolor="ffece8"><td align="right"><span class="key">Alt+click</span>,
+<span class="key">Ctrl+Alt+click</span></td><td><span class="action">select under</span></td></tr>
 <tr bgcolor="ffece8"><td align="right"><span class="key">Shift+click</span></td><td><span class="action">toggle selection</span></td></tr>
 <tr bgcolor="ffece8"><td align="right"><span class="key">mouse drag</span></td><td><span class="action">drag a handle to resize, make arc or segment</span></td></tr>
 <tr bgcolor="ffece8"><td colspan="3"><span class="note">Initially, the two arc/segment handles are in the rightmost point; two resize handles are at the topmost and leftmost points.</span></td></tr>
@@ -825,7 +832,8 @@ RFE</a>).</p><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"><tr><td colspan="
 <tr bgcolor="f8f7d5"><td align="right"><span class="key">Shift+mouse drag</span></td><td><span class="action">round the star</span></td></tr>
 <tr bgcolor="f8f7d5"><td align="right"><span class="key">Shift+click</span></td><td><span class="action">remove rounding</span></td></tr>
 <tr bgcolor="f8f7d5"><td align="right"><span class="key">Alt+mouse drag</span></td><td><span class="action">randomize the star</span></td></tr>
-<tr bgcolor="f8f7d5"><td align="right"><span class="key">Alt+click</span></td><td><span class="action">remove randomization</span></td></tr>
+<tr bgcolor="f8f7d5"><td align="right"><span class="key">Alt+click</span>,
+<span class="key">Ctrl+Alt+click</span></td><td><span class="action">remove randomization</span></td></tr>
 <tr bgcolor="f8f7d5"><td align="right"><span class="key">Esc</span></td><td><span class="action">deselect</span></td></tr>
 
 <tr><td colspan="3"><h1>Spiral tool</h1></td></tr>
@@ -843,7 +851,8 @@ RFE</a>).</p><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"><tr><td colspan="
 <tr bgcolor="f3f3f3"><td align="right"><span class="key">mouse drag</span></td><td><span class="action">roll/unroll from inside (inner handle)</span></td></tr>
 <tr bgcolor="f3f3f3"><td colspan="3"><span class="note">Dragging the inner handle adjusts the "inner radius" parameter.</span></td></tr>
 <tr bgcolor="f3f3f3"><td align="right"><span class="key">Alt+mouse drag</span></td><td><span class="action">converge/diverge (inner handle)</span></td></tr>
-<tr bgcolor="f3f3f3"><td align="right"><span class="key">Alt+click</span></td><td><span class="action">reset divergence (inner handle)</span></td></tr>
+<tr bgcolor="f3f3f3"><td align="right"><span class="key">Alt+click</span>,
+<span class="key">Ctrl+Alt+click</span></td><td><span class="action">reset divergence (inner handle)</span></td></tr>
 <tr bgcolor="f3f3f3"><td colspan="3"><span class="note">Vertical Alt+drag of the inner handle adjusts the "divergence" parameter, Alt+click resets it to 1.</span></td></tr>
 <tr bgcolor="f3f3f3"><td align="right"><span class="key">Shift+click</span></td><td><span class="action">zero inner radius (inner handle)</span></td></tr>
 <tr bgcolor="f3f3f3"><td colspan="3"><span class="note">Shift+click on inner handle makes the spiral start from the center.</span></td></tr>
@@ -978,8 +987,7 @@ RFE</a>).</p><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"><tr><td colspan="
 <tr bgcolor="feeffa"><td align="right"><span class="key">Shift+mouse drag</span></td><td><span class="action">average stroke color</span></td></tr>
 <tr bgcolor="feeffa"><td colspan="3"><span class="note">Click applies the color under cursor to the current selection. Dragging a radius calculates the average color of a circular area.</span></td></tr>
 <tr bgcolor="feeffa"><td colspan="3"><span class="note">If a gradient handle (in Gradient tool) is selected, it gets the color instead of the entire object.</span></td></tr>
-<tr bgcolor="feeffa"><td align="right"><span class="key">Alt+click</span>,
-<span class="key">Alt+mouse drag</span></td><td><span class="action">pick inverse color</span></td></tr>
+<tr bgcolor="feeffa"><td align="right"><span class="key">Alt+click</span></td><td><span class="action">pick inverse color</span></td></tr>
 <tr bgcolor="feeffa"><td colspan="3"><span class="note">If Alt is pressed, picking color (with or without Shift, by click or by drag) picks the inverse of the color.</span></td></tr>
 <tr bgcolor="feeffa"><td align="right"><span class="key">Ctrl+C</span></td><td><span class="action">copy color</span></td></tr>
 <tr bgcolor="feeffa"><td colspan="3"><span class="note">This copies the color under cursor to the system clipboard, as text in RRGGBBAA format (8 hex digits).</span></td></tr>

diff --git a/doc/keys.xml b/doc/keys.xml
index 29a47007b6116398d83754820f2a9063e096dae6..028d14ab0d9b49b79c7f788b00ec02283b875489 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/keys.xml
+++ b/doc/keys.xml
@@ -463,7 +463,12 @@ RFE</a>).</p>
 <mouse><key><alt/><left-click/></key> <action>select under</action></mouse>
 <note>Alt+click selects the object at click point which is beneath (in z-order) the lowest selected object at click point.</note>
 <note>If the bottom object is reached, Alt+click again selects the top object. So, several Alt+clicks cycle through z-order stack at point.</note>
-<note>On Linux, Alt+click and Alt+drag may be reserved by the window manager. Reconfigure it so you can use them in Inkscape.</note>
+<note>On Linux, Alt+click and Alt+drag may be reserved by the window manager.  If you reconfigure your window manager </note>
+<note>to not map Alt+click, then it will be free for Inkscape to use.  </note>
+<note>If your keyboard has a Meta key, you may wish to set your "Modifier
+key" to use it instead of Alt.</note>
+<note>(Sometimes you can also use Ctrl+Alt+click (select under in
+groups) with the same effect as Alt+click.)</note>
 <mouse><key><shift/><alt/><left-click/></key> <action>toggle under</action></mouse>
 <mouse><key><ctrl/><alt/><left-click/></key> <action>select under, in groups</action></mouse>
 <mouse><key><shift/><ctrl/><alt/><left-click/></key> <action>toggle under, in groups</action></mouse>
@@ -790,7 +795,7 @@ RFE</a>).</p>
 <group>
 <title>Editing</title>
 <mouse><key><left-click/></key> <action>click an object to select</action></mouse>
-<mouse><key><alt/><left-click/></key> <action>select under</action></mouse>
+<mouse><key><alt/><left-click/></key> <key><ctrl/><alt/><left-click/></key> <action>select under</action></mouse>
 <mouse><key><shift/><left-click/></key> <action>toggle selection</action></mouse>
 <mouse><key><left-drag/></key> <action>drag a handle to resize or round corners</action></mouse>
 <note>Initially, the two rounding handles are in the top right corner; two resize handles are in top left and bottom right corners.</note>
@@ -815,7 +820,7 @@ RFE</a>).</p>
 <group>
 <title>Editing</title>
 <mouse><key><left-click/></key> <action>click an object to select</action></mouse>
-<mouse><key><alt/><left-click/></key> <action>select under</action></mouse>
+<mouse><key><alt/><left-click/></key> <key><ctrl/><alt/><left-click/></key> <action>select under</action></mouse>
 <mouse><key><shift/><left-click/></key> <action>toggle selection</action></mouse>
 <mouse><key><left-drag/></key> <action>drag a handle to resize, make arc or segment</action></mouse>
 <note>Initially, the two arc/segment handles are in the rightmost point; two resize handles are at the topmost and leftmost points.</note>
@@ -844,7 +849,7 @@ RFE</a>).</p>
 <mouse><key><shift/><left-drag/></key> <action>round the star</action></mouse>
 <mouse><key><shift/><left-click/></key> <action>remove rounding</action></mouse>
 <mouse><key><alt/><left-drag/></key> <action>randomize the star</action></mouse>
-<mouse><key><alt/><left-click/></key> <action>remove randomization</action></mouse>
+<mouse><key><alt/><left-click/></key> <key><ctrl/><alt/><left-click/></key> <action>remove randomization</action></mouse>
 <keys><key><misc f="Esc"/></key> <action>deselect</action></keys>
 </group>
 </section>
@@ -864,7 +869,7 @@ RFE</a>).</p>
 <mouse><key><left-drag/></key> <action>roll/unroll from inside (inner handle)</action></mouse>
 <note>Dragging the inner handle adjusts the "inner radius" parameter.</note>
 <mouse><key><alt/><left-drag/></key> <action>converge/diverge (inner handle)</action></mouse>
-<mouse><key><alt/><left-click/></key> <action>reset divergence (inner handle)</action></mouse>
+<mouse><key><alt/><left-click/></key> <key><ctrl/><alt/><left-click/></key> <action>reset divergence (inner handle)</action></mouse>
 <note>Vertical Alt+drag of the inner handle adjusts the "divergence" parameter, Alt+click resets it to 1.</note>
 <mouse><key><shift/><left-click/></key> <action>zero inner radius (inner handle)</action></mouse>
 <note>Shift+click on inner handle makes the spiral start from the center.</note>
@@ -1017,7 +1022,7 @@ RFE</a>).</p>
 <mouse><key><shift/><left-drag/></key> <action>average stroke color</action></mouse>
 <note>Click applies the color under cursor to the current selection. Dragging a radius calculates the average color of a circular area.</note>
 <note>If a gradient handle (in Gradient tool) is selected, it gets the color instead of the entire object.</note>
-<mouse><key><alt/><left-click/></key><key><alt/><left-drag/></key> <action>pick inverse color</action></mouse>
+<mouse><key><alt/><left-click/></key> <key><alt/><left-drag/></key> <key><ctrl/><alt/><left-click/></key> <key><ctrl/><alt/><left-drag/></key> <action>pick inverse color</action></mouse>
 <note>If Alt is pressed, picking color (with or without Shift, by click or by drag) picks the inverse of the color.</note>
 <keys><key><ctrl/>C</key> <action>copy color</action></keys>
 <note>This copies the color under cursor to the system clipboard, as text in RRGGBBAA format (8 hex digits).</note>