[#VWR-2890] Hide the Release Keys button (duplicate)

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Hide the Release Keys button (duplicate)

Created: 27/Oct/07 06:17 AM Updated: 07/Feb/08 08:22 AM

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Component/s:

User Interface

Affects Version/s:

1.18.3.5

Fix Version/s:

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Duplicate

This issue duplicates:

~~VWR-4541~~ Hide the Release Keys button

This issue is original of duplicate:

~~VWR-4657~~ Please move the "Release Keys" button, or let us place it where we want

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This issue is related to by:

VWR-3087 Allow for hiding the "Release Keys" button and "Master Remote" volume control.

~~VWR-4541~~ Hide the Release Keys button

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This issue is a duplicate of ~~VWR-4541~~

Currently, whenever a scripted object takes your control input, a button marked "Release Keys" appears at the bottom of the screen. Clicking this button releases the controls, and if the items are attached, removes them. Presumably so they can't just re-take the controls.

Unfortunately, this buitton can cause problems. Being that it's right there with the media controls, and the chat bar, it's all too easy to click it accidentally, which suddenly results in you being striipped of many attachments. Not fun.

I think this should be changed a little. For example, moving it to the tools menu, next to stop all animations. It would be good to still have a visible indicator thiough, but this would get around the problem of accidentally clicking it.

Perhaps for simplicity, it would be nice to simply have an option to enable or disable that button in preferences, so people like me who are annoyed by it can disable it, and just use it through the tools menu if necessary.

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Charlene Trudeau added a comment - 06/Feb/08 12:55 PM - edited

I'm experiencing this with the newest windlight release (I don't see it on 1.18.3.5). The release keys and stand up buttons seem to auto align to the left now. Habit dictates that if there is minimized window in that position it means you have an IM window open to deal with and you click it before you realize it isn't your Communicate window, or miss the Communicate window and you've now disabled your HUD or stood up in the middle of a meeting and disrupted things. This is a disruptive and non-intuitive change to the UI and should be put back to where the release keys/stand up buttons have fixed locations or is otherwise not located with such proximity to the minimized communicate window. I never disable my HUD or AO with release keys, but I do use the stand up button when it is active, so the one could go to a menu/shortcut key combo, but I would like the stand up button back fixed center like it was, or at least be able to reposition it and have the client remember the fixed location.

Charlene Trudeau

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