GNU bug report logs - #21184
25.0.5; Use a monospace font the keybind descriptions on the menu-bar

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: bruce.connor.am <at> gmail.com

Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2015 23:08:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: notabug

Found in version 25.0.5

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

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From: Artur Malabarba <bruce.connor.am <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 25.0.5; Use a monospace font the keybind descriptions on the menu-bar
Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2015 00:07:12 +0100

In GNU Emacs 25.0.50.1 (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.16.4)

In the menu-bar menus, next to most entries is listed a keybind that
can be used to invoke that command. This keybind, like the rest of the
menu, is shown in a variable-width font.

IMO it would be best (if possible) to use a monospace font on the
keybinds. This should look better because they would be vertically
aligned, and because (unlike the rest of the menu) the key descriptors
represent data, not prose.

Not sure if it's possible, though.
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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Artur Malabarba <bruce.connor.am <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 21184 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#21184: 25.0.5; Use a monospace font the keybind
 descriptions on the menu-bar
Date: Thu, 01 Aug 2019 22:19:11 +0200

Artur Malabarba <bruce.connor.am <at> gmail.com> writes:

> In the menu-bar menus, next to most entries is listed a keybind that
> can be used to invoke that command. This keybind, like the rest of the
> menu, is shown in a variable-width font.
>
> IMO it would be best (if possible) to use a monospace font on the
> keybinds. This should look better because they would be vertically
> aligned, and because (unlike the rest of the menu) the key descriptors
> represent data, not prose.

(I'm going through old bug reports that have unfortunately not gotten
any responses.)

The key bindings (now at least) are right-aligned, and are usually of
different lengths anyway, so I think showing them in `variable-pitch'
font makes sense (and looks nice).  So I'm closing this bug report.

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