Why are the forward/back keyboard shortcuts in Google Calendar reversed?
I recently started using Google Calendar a lot more, and one of the first things I did was look for keyboard shortcuts to speed up my planning. I found this:
I'm wondering whether there's some motivation behind choosing those particular shortcuts, because intuitively, I would expect j to go back and k to go forward, given that k is on the right.
keyboard-shortcuts google-calendar
edited Jan 7 at 8:53
Alex
20.2k96790
migrated from superuser.com Jan 7 at 8:36
This question came from our site for computer enthusiasts and power users.
add a comment |
I recently started using Google Calendar a lot more, and one of the first things I did was look for keyboard shortcuts to speed up my planning. I found this:
I'm wondering whether there's some motivation behind choosing those particular shortcuts, because intuitively, I would expect j to go back and k to go forward, given that k is on the right.
keyboard-shortcuts google-calendar
edited Jan 7 at 8:53
Alex
20.2k96790
migrated from superuser.com Jan 7 at 8:36
This question came from our site for computer enthusiasts and power users.
add a comment |
I recently started using Google Calendar a lot more, and one of the first things I did was look for keyboard shortcuts to speed up my planning. I found this:
I'm wondering whether there's some motivation behind choosing those particular shortcuts, because intuitively, I would expect j to go back and k to go forward, given that k is on the right.
keyboard-shortcuts google-calendar
edited Jan 7 at 8:53
Alex
20.2k96790
I recently started using Google Calendar a lot more, and one of the first things I did was look for keyboard shortcuts to speed up my planning. I found this:
I'm wondering whether there's some motivation behind choosing those particular shortcuts, because intuitively, I would expect j to go back and k to go forward, given that k is on the right.
keyboard-shortcuts google-calendar
keyboard-shortcuts google-calendar
edited Jan 7 at 8:53
Alex
20.2k96790
edited Jan 7 at 8:53
Alex
20.2k96790
edited Jan 7 at 8:53
Alex
20.2k96790
edited Jan 7 at 8:53
Alex
20.2k96790
edited Jan 7 at 8:53
Alex
20.2k96790
20.2k96790
asked Jan 7 at 7:10
frenchDolphin
migrated from superuser.com Jan 7 at 8:36
This question came from our site for computer enthusiasts and power users.
migrated from superuser.com Jan 7 at 8:36
This question came from our site for computer enthusiasts and power users.
add a comment |
add a comment |
1 Answer
1
active
oldest
votes
The j/k keys come from the Vi text editor and ADM3A computer terminals, where they originally were used for vertical navigation – they mean "cursor down" and "cursor up" respectively. See HJKL keys for the full set.
(Nowadays you'll also find these hidden hotkeys in various other webapps, such as Twitter timelines or Ars Technica comment threads.)
Because j moves the cursor down in this keymap, it makes sense for it to scroll down to the next item – and it used to be an obvious choice in earlier Google Calendar UI versions, which used vertical scrolling for the month view. (If I remember correctly, that is.)
The only problem is that the "Material 2" redesign for Google Calendar switched to sideways scrolling for months, which no longer matches the hotkey choice. (And, IMHO, is completely unintuitive for a calendar in general – even when I'm swiping left/right on the Android app.)
answered Jan 7 at 7:20
grawitygrawity
1,22789
add a comment |
Your Answer
StackExchange.ready(function() {
var channelOptions = {
tags: "".split(" "),
id: "34"
};
initTagRenderer("".split(" "), "".split(" "), channelOptions);
StackExchange.using("externalEditor", function() {
// Have to fire editor after snippets, if snippets enabled
if (StackExchange.settings.snippets.snippetsEnabled) {
StackExchange.using("snippets", function() {
createEditor();
});
}
else {
createEditor();
}
});
function createEditor() {
StackExchange.prepareEditor({
heartbeatType: 'answer',
autoActivateHeartbeat: false,
convertImagesToLinks: false,
noModals: true,
showLowRepImageUploadWarning: true,
reputationToPostImages: null,
bindNavPrevention: true,
postfix: "",
imageUploader: {
brandingHtml: "Powered by u003ca class="icon-imgur-white" href="https://imgur.com/"u003eu003c/au003e",
contentPolicyHtml: "User contributions licensed under u003ca href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/"u003ecc by-sa 3.0 with attribution requiredu003c/au003e u003ca href="https://stackoverflow.com/legal/content-policy"u003e(content policy)u003c/au003e",
allowUrls: true
},
noCode: true, onDemand: true,
discardSelector: ".discard-answer"
,immediatelyShowMarkdownHelp:true
});
}
});
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function () {
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
});
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
StackExchange.ready(
function () {
StackExchange.openid.initPostLogin('.new-post-login', 'https%3a%2f%2fwebapps.stackexchange.com%2fquestions%2f123781%2fwhy-are-the-forward-back-keyboard-shortcuts-in-google-calendar-reversed%23new-answer', 'question_page');
}
);
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
1 Answer
1
active
oldest
votes
1 Answer
1
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
The j/k keys come from the Vi text editor and ADM3A computer terminals, where they originally were used for vertical navigation – they mean "cursor down" and "cursor up" respectively. See HJKL keys for the full set.
(Nowadays you'll also find these hidden hotkeys in various other webapps, such as Twitter timelines or Ars Technica comment threads.)
Because j moves the cursor down in this keymap, it makes sense for it to scroll down to the next item – and it used to be an obvious choice in earlier Google Calendar UI versions, which used vertical scrolling for the month view. (If I remember correctly, that is.)
The only problem is that the "Material 2" redesign for Google Calendar switched to sideways scrolling for months, which no longer matches the hotkey choice. (And, IMHO, is completely unintuitive for a calendar in general – even when I'm swiping left/right on the Android app.)
answered Jan 7 at 7:20
grawitygrawity
1,22789
add a comment |
The j/k keys come from the Vi text editor and ADM3A computer terminals, where they originally were used for vertical navigation – they mean "cursor down" and "cursor up" respectively. See HJKL keys for the full set.
(Nowadays you'll also find these hidden hotkeys in various other webapps, such as Twitter timelines or Ars Technica comment threads.)
Because j moves the cursor down in this keymap, it makes sense for it to scroll down to the next item – and it used to be an obvious choice in earlier Google Calendar UI versions, which used vertical scrolling for the month view. (If I remember correctly, that is.)
The only problem is that the "Material 2" redesign for Google Calendar switched to sideways scrolling for months, which no longer matches the hotkey choice. (And, IMHO, is completely unintuitive for a calendar in general – even when I'm swiping left/right on the Android app.)
answered Jan 7 at 7:20
grawitygrawity
1,22789
add a comment |
The j/k keys come from the Vi text editor and ADM3A computer terminals, where they originally were used for vertical navigation – they mean "cursor down" and "cursor up" respectively. See HJKL keys for the full set.
(Nowadays you'll also find these hidden hotkeys in various other webapps, such as Twitter timelines or Ars Technica comment threads.)
Because j moves the cursor down in this keymap, it makes sense for it to scroll down to the next item – and it used to be an obvious choice in earlier Google Calendar UI versions, which used vertical scrolling for the month view. (If I remember correctly, that is.)
The only problem is that the "Material 2" redesign for Google Calendar switched to sideways scrolling for months, which no longer matches the hotkey choice. (And, IMHO, is completely unintuitive for a calendar in general – even when I'm swiping left/right on the Android app.)
answered Jan 7 at 7:20
grawitygrawity
1,22789
The j/k keys come from the Vi text editor and ADM3A computer terminals, where they originally were used for vertical navigation – they mean "cursor down" and "cursor up" respectively. See HJKL keys for the full set.
(Nowadays you'll also find these hidden hotkeys in various other webapps, such as Twitter timelines or Ars Technica comment threads.)
Because j moves the cursor down in this keymap, it makes sense for it to scroll down to the next item – and it used to be an obvious choice in earlier Google Calendar UI versions, which used vertical scrolling for the month view. (If I remember correctly, that is.)
The only problem is that the "Material 2" redesign for Google Calendar switched to sideways scrolling for months, which no longer matches the hotkey choice. (And, IMHO, is completely unintuitive for a calendar in general – even when I'm swiping left/right on the Android app.)
answered Jan 7 at 7:20
grawitygrawity
1,22789
answered Jan 7 at 7:20
grawitygrawity
1,22789
answered Jan 7 at 7:20
grawitygrawity
1,22789
answered Jan 7 at 7:20
grawitygrawity
1,22789
1,22789
add a comment |
add a comment |
Thanks for contributing an answer to Web Applications Stack Exchange!
- Please be sure to answer the question. Provide details and share your research!
But avoid …
- Asking for help, clarification, or responding to other answers.
- Making statements based on opinion; back them up with references or personal experience.
To learn more, see our tips on writing great answers.
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function () {
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
});
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
StackExchange.ready(
function () {
StackExchange.openid.initPostLogin('.new-post-login', 'https%3a%2f%2fwebapps.stackexchange.com%2fquestions%2f123781%2fwhy-are-the-forward-back-keyboard-shortcuts-in-google-calendar-reversed%23new-answer', 'question_page');
}
);
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function () {
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
});
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function () {
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
});
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function () {
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
});
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
