Inconsistent menu/window navigation systems

[soychpapalus]

Describe the bug

1. There are some windows where < and > work as a pagedown, and other windows where only PageDown/PageUp function (e.g. when inspecting an item, the detailed information pane of the item only accepts PageUp``PageDown as commands to scroll the window)

2. There's also inconsistency in menus where sometimes VIM key controls are not accepted as valid inputs for selecting options, only UP/DOWN arrows work (e.g. in the fighting style menu)

Attach save file

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Steps to reproduce

Scrolling issue

1. Open inventory (i)
2. Open the information pane about an item that has a long description (e.g. hammer) using the e key
3. Attempt to scroll the information page with < and >. It will not work. Only pagedown/pageup will work

Menu option selection

1. Open the fighting style pane (_)
2. Try to select an option using j/k but it will not work, only up/down arrows will work

Expected behavior

I expect consistency in how keys work in the game.

1. I expect < and > to function as a scrolling command on all windows/panes
2. I expect j and k to work as "UP ARROW" and "DOWN ARROW" on every window/pane

Screenshots

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Versions and configuration

• OS: Linux 64
• Version: 0.H

Additional context

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[PatrikLundell]

You cannot use letters as command characters when letters are used as shortcuts for entry selection. Thus, if you want consistency, letters should never be used for movement in menues.

I do agree it's useful to have a consistent control scheme, but it would require a careful thought and a fair bit of effort going through every UI element that contains navigation to come up with a set that provides all the functionality you need (Move up/down lists, expand/contract nested entries, move up/down expanded info panes, etc. while also ensuring character shortcuts don't overlap with the navigation character set. You should also avoid bindings to characters that are frequently used as modifiers in various languages, i.e. characters that are used to "build" special characters, such as e.g. "^", "´", "`", "¨", and "~", which are used to "build" characters like ô, î, é, è, ï, ñ, etc.),

[soychpapalus]

You cannot use letters as command characters when letters are used as shortcuts for entry selection. Thus, if you want consistency, letters should never be used for movement in menues.

If there is a concern with conflict my suggestion would be to blacklist VIM keys from being used as "item selection" letters (like h in the example above.

I understand the concern about conflicting letters/commands. My suggestion would be to add VIM keys as blacklisted letters for "item/menu selection". There are only 8 letters (yuhbnjkl); and VIM command scheme is on by default with the game. I think it would make sense to consider these 8 keys as "movement keys" and not letters avaiblable for menu selection.

Regarding the < > keys as "page up/down", I don't see any conflicts that would prevent them to being used as expected in all panes instead of just in some of them.