Re: panel prelight on focus



On Thu, 2002-03-21 at 12:46, Trevor Curtis wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 21, 2002 at 12:13:03PM -0500, jacob berkman offered:
> > On Thu, 2002-03-21 at 10:35, Calum Benson wrote:
> > > Trevor Curtis wrote:
> > > 
> > > > When I mouse over a panel, the launcher I previously used has a box
> > > > around it. Is this for usability reasons too, or is this a small bug?
> > > 
> > > Sounds like a bug... something shouldn't show keyboard focus unless it
> > > actually has it, which I assume it doesn't in the case you're talking
> > > about.  Please file it in bugzilla, if you have a moment.
> > 
> > i am 95% sure that this is not a bug, but how focus with the applets is
> > supposed to work.
> 
> So the square around the launchers is intensional? I thought the icon
> was supposed to "prelight"? Is there an advantage with using this
> square? Is it a usability thing?

it's so you can navigate applets via the keyboard - you can tab between
launchers and hit space to activate them.

jacob
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