id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	priority	milestone	component	version	resolution	keywords	cc
16848	"Possible to activate ""Viewport following"" mode when not in ""Expert mode"" through keyboard shortcut"	ris	simon04	"Noticed this one during a missing maps event tonight.

The option for ""Viewport following"" mode is hidden behind ""Expert mode"", but this doesn't stop the keyboard shortcut from activating it (and it's not hard by default - `Ctrl-Shift-F` - just have to accidentally also hold shift down when trying to do ""Find""). Problem is, because the user's not in expert mode there's no indication of why the editor's now ""behaving strangely"" and no clue as to how to deactivate it. What's more, when expert mode is then switched on, the new menu option doesn't pick up the ""enabled"" state of the mode, making it not look like the culprit. To remedy the situation the user has to seemingly ""enable"" the mode and then ""disable"" it.

I have a suspicion that there are other ""Expert mode"" features which behave similarly.

I'll probably look at picking this up myself, but I can see A few ways to approach this:

- Lowest hanging fruit is to at least make sure controls created by switching on ""Expert mode"" pick up any ""enabled"" state of their associated Action.
- A slightly harsh option would be to disable keyboard shortcuts for ""Expert mode"" features when not in expert mode.
- A slightly less harsh option would be to have a small unobtrusive message to say e.g. ""this feature requires 'Expert mode' to be enabled"" with possibly a pointer to how to enable it or even a button.
- Perhaps what the ''actual'' issue here is that modes like ""Viewport following"" mode show no indication of why they are behaving in such a weird way or how to get out of it. Features like the ""Filter"" have an on-viewport notice showing that they're enabled. Should other ""modes"" have this? Of course this raises the question - what to do when several of these modes are enabled? Stack them up in the viewport? Space is valuable.

What are others' thoughts?"	defect	closed	normal	21.04	Core shortcuts		fixed	expert shortcut