Re: [orca-list] Save dialog in OOffice Writer

[Steve Holmes <steve holmesgrown com>]

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Another place where I run into this a lot is File Roller, the archive
manager.  Thanks Joanie, for the ctrl-Tab trick.  I also wondered wat
was meant by using OO dialogs instead.  I figured one would want to
use standard dialogs wherever.

On Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 03:14:30PM -0400, Joanmarie Diggs wrote:
> Hi Rudolf.
> 
> > In the Save dialgo of writer, try pressing tab to move forward out of
> > the name field. 
> 
> I can confirm this without Orca running, but it only happens if I use my
> distro's Save As dialog (as opposed to the official OpenOffice.org
> dialogs).  You can configure this in the Options dialog in Writer (or
> any component of OOo).  Choose General (Under OpenOffice.org), then you
> can check the "Use OpenOffice.org dialogs" checkbox.
> 
> So.... It's not an Orca bug and it's not OOo bug.  Question is, is it a
> bug?  <smile> Personally, I've never liked the "you can sometimes Tab
> out of this entry and you sometimes can't" behavior.  It is, as you
> suggested, confusing.  However, it crops up elsewhere (perhaps it's a
> Gtk+ "bug"?).  When it does crop up, my experience is that you can
> always move to the next field by pressing Control+Tab.
> 
> HTH.  Take care.
> --Joanie
> 
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