Re: [Usability] Use of C-PageUp/Down to move between tabs

[Calum Benson <Calum Benson Sun COM>]

On 13 Jun 2006, at 17:22, Bill Wohler wrote:

> Calum Benson <Calum Benson Sun COM> wrote:
>
> > On 9 Jun 2006, at 17:14, Bill Wohler wrote:
> > > Well, I tried C-PageUp/Down in the GtkTreeView widget (in GnuCash),
> > > and I have no idea what it's doing.
> >
> > In a tree view, Ctrl+PgUp/PgDn should be moving focus to the item at
> > the top or bottom of the current view; in other controls, it's the
> > shortcut for scrolling left/right:
> >
> > http://www.gnome.org/learn/access-guide/latest/ 
> > keynav-23.html#keynav-35
> >
> > If it's doing something else, it's either a bug, or it's been over-
> > ridden by a developer who thinks they know better :)
>
> Thanks, Calum. Well, that's not what I'm seeing. A GnuCash developer
> told me that he wouldn't overwrite the GtkTreeView bindings to allow
> C-PageUp/Down to move between tabs so it's unlikely that it has been
> overridden. A puzzler indeed. I'll mention this to the developers.
>
> I still think that the HIG should specify C-PageUp/Down for moving
> between tabs and that other widgets should not use this binding.

I'd agree that this has been a bugbear long enough that we should  
probably try a bit harder to fix it properly.  The controls that use  
Ctrl+PgUp/PgDn just to move focus could possibly just do without (by  
default, at least); you can always hit Ctrl+up/down a few times  
instead.  The ones that use them for scrolling left/right might be  
trickier, but I'll need to try and put together a complete list  
before I try and figure something out.

Cheeri,
Calum.

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