Re: [g-a-devel]Accessibility for Tasklist applet

[muktha <muktha narayan wipro com>]

Hi Calum,

I think that the window cannot be minimised using space/enter
once it gets the focus because the keyboard input will then go
to the window and not to the tasklist .
Is my understanding correct??

Thanks 'n regards
Muktha

muktha wrote:

> Hi Calum,
> Yes, I do think that Meta-Tab can be used to cycle through the
> windows.
> But I think that the window still cannot be minimized using space/enter,
> it can only be made to get the focus using space/enter.
>
> Thanks 'n Regards
> Muktha
>
> Calum Benson wrote:
>
> > muktha wrote:
> > >
> > > In case of keyboard (if the window is maximized) when I press
> > > space/enter, the window gets the focus. Now since the focus is on
> > > the window, if I hit enter/space again, this keyboard input is actually
> > > sent to the window(for eg. I tried with terminal window).
> >
> > Ah yes, I understand what's going on now.  I'm not convinced this is
> > really the best way for it to work, though-- if the application window
> > gains focus straight away, that means you can't use the windowlist
> > applet just to step through your windows until you find the one you
> > want.
> >
> > On second thoughts, though, it's probably not really a problem-- I guess
> > if you wanted to do that you would just use Meta-Tab to cycle through
> > your windows instead.
> >
> > Cheeri,
> > Calum.
> >
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