This is a great initiative!
I am using Q as my lasso, and it is working wonderfully for me!
As I wrote on my shortcut set:
Freehand Selection Tool
No shortcut → QPolygonal Selection Tool
No shortcut → Ctrl + QMagnetic Selection Tool
No shortcut → Shift + QReasoning: I use these a lot. “Q” looks like a lasso, so it is easy to remember and easy to reach!
“L” is not easy to reach and feels like it interupts my zen
Also for the deselect shortcut it should definitively be something with “D” for Deselect
Also if feels more natural to reach for than A
I disagree as the Shift and Ctrl is used for this instead now, and those letters are so well placed I feel it’s wasteful to use them for this purpose.
Haha I did the excact same, this one makes more sense than the current I believe!
I think it’s a nice reason, but as with the other software Krita is competing/lives in harmony with, it shouldn’t be similar just to be similar, but stand out if it means the program can be better for it.
I have a whole list here with how I like then, and reasonings as to why I think they are better than the defaults, a few of them is porsonal but most I really believe would be better for most people!