❓FAQ

hlehyaric

@potmeklecbohdan I guess there should be something like «Where did my panels go/I lost my panels». Answer: use F4 or toggle button in status bar.

valiowk

Some settings are tied together in a way that is not obvious from the description, i.e. if you want/don't want one of the settings tied together, at the moment the only option is to change the "main" setting it is under (I created a feature request to separate out these settings):

"New Tab from Link Opens in Background" is tied to

Clone tab in background
Bookmarks open in background

"Open Tabs in Current Tab Stack" is tied to

Behaviour of tabs opened from unstacked tiled tabs

If I remember correctly there are a few other settings with similar issues, but I don't remember exactly what they are; maybe someone who remembers them can mention them.

A Former User

@valiowk

Is this a FAQ? I can’t tell since I now filter unread more as I want to read this than I don’t want to read this, but anyway…
How would you phrase it in a way that’s short & obvious? It seems impossible to me.
- ‘I changed a setting & it affects something else’ doesn’t seem right, who remembers changing a setting & connects some misbehaviour with it?
- We’d probably have to list all such settings, which seems wrong to me again.

nomadic

Might be good to include something about the Toggle UI default shortcut, Ctrl + F11.

That seems to pop up often enough.

A Former User

@hlehyaric & @nomadic Thanks! Also break mode to be added.

valiowk

@potmeklecbohdan There have been quite a few threads on these issues since v3.5 stable came out ("Where is the setting for clone tab in background [mentioned in the changelog]?", "Behaviour of unstacked tiled tabs has changed[, is there any way of changing it back?]").

Perhaps it could be phrased as "I have read that there is such a setting, but I can't find it in Settings" or "Something was changed in the changelog, is there an option to change it back to the old setting". I don't think we'd need to list all such settings, just the ones that forum users remember being asked frequently.

Also, perhaps it's good to just raise awareness that there are settings that are secretly tied together, so that more users can realise that misbehaviour may be related to changing a setting (that's how I figured out that bookmarks open in background is related to this new setting).

A Former User

@valiowk Hmm, I still don’t believe it. Is it really better to yell at them just because they didn’t match an FAQ entry, when it’s difficult even to think of how to phrase it?

I don’t know, maybe I just have a wrong mindset now. Can please the others tell us what do they think?

Also, @hlehyaric, can you please check that the mcOS shortcuts are right? I copied them from the help pages, but just in case…

hlehyaric

@potmeklecbohdan said in FAQ:

Q: The UI has disappeared!

The side panel

A: Press F4 (⌥⌘ P if you’re on Mac), or use the panel toggle button usually located in the status bar.

F4 is also default on Mac (beside ⌥⌘P).

Official help page about panels

All UI, even the OS UI

A: Press F11 (^ ⌘ F on Mac). You’ve just discovered the full-screen mode.

On Mac (at least on mine & Sierra), ⌃⌘F triggers full screen with UI on (UI is still here in full screen contrary to W).

All UI (but not the OS UI)

A: Press Ctrl-F11 (⌘ F10). You’ve just discovered the hide UI function.

⌘F11 is the KB shortcut to toggle UI in either mode (full screen or not).

I'm on macOS Sierra.

Pesala

I hate to be a wet-blanket, but an FAQ will not make the slightest difference.

Most users will not even see the FAQ list, let alone read it. This forum has so many categories.
It is a lot of work to maintain such a list and make it easy to understand. It is much easier to save boiler-plate text in notes to reply to the FAQ.

This is one of the FAQ

Right-click, Open in New Background Tab
Ctrl+click
Middle-click
Mouse Gesture, Open Link in Background Tab (Over a Link)
Vote for Option to Open New Tabs in Background as Default

A Former User

@Pesala True, but OTOH it’s easier if there’s one thread/something for everyone, not that everyone has to manage their own version. Also, this is easy to quote & copy to a note if it’s easier to use for you.

Btw., one of my notes:

[FAQ](/topic/54312/faq)

hlehyaric

@potmeklecbohdan That's what I did too, just in case.

A Former User

Added can’t install extensions.

hlehyaric

@potmeklecbohdan Excellent!

hlehyaric

@potmeklecbohdan I reset my profile and I found out you were right: some default shortcuts changed and now default shortcuts are ⌘F10 for Toggle UI & F10 / ⌃⌘F for Full Screen.