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MacOS: Status bar should show MacOS native modifiers ⌥ and ⌘ instead of generic "Alt" and "Control"

Summary:

MacOS uses its custom modifiers, namely command ⌘ and option ⌥ (there might be others) for some things instead of Alt and Control found on most keyboards.

In some places inside Inkscape, the native modifiers are shown, the menu for example:

Screenshot_2024-07-08_at_3.25.25_AM

Steps to reproduce:

  • open Inkscape
  • click on "Selector Tool"
  • on the canvas, hold the Alt key

What happened?

The status bar mentions "Alt: Select with touch-path, Cycle through objects, Forced Drag"

Screenshot_2024-07-08_at_3.16.22_AM

What should have happened?

The status bar should instead show the icon for Option key - ⌥ (possibly rendered something like indicating it is a key on the keyboard).

If I needed to press the command ⌘ key, it should show instead of "Ctrl".

If I needed to press the control ^ key, it should show either "Ctrl" (like it does now) or ^ (to be more consistent)

Version info


Inkscape 1.3.2 (091e20e, 2023-11-25)

    GLib version:     2.76.3
    GTK version:      3.24.38
    glibmm version:   2.66.6
    gtkmm version:    3.24.7
    libxml2 version:  2.11.4
    libxslt version:  1.1.35
    Cairo version:    1.18.0
    Pango version:    1.50.14
    HarfBuzz version: 8.0.1

    OS version:       macOS 14.5 (23F79) arm64