Re: Keyboard usage on some Gnome windows not working

[Calum Benson <Calum Benson Sun COM>]

On Sat, 2005-10-08 at 15:28 +0200, Frank Niedermann wrote:

> It is possible to close some Gnome windows with the escape key (example:
> System / Preferences / Keyboard shortcuts) but it is not possible with
> some other windows (example: System / Preferences / Keyboard).

The HIG is pretty clear about when Esc should close a window: if it's a
dialog with a Cancel button, Esc should do the same as clicking Cancel.
Esc shouldn't close the window under any other circumstances-- it
shouldn't do the same as Close, or any other 'positive' closing action.

However, this isn't a terribly popular guideline, so some developers
bend the rules a bit :/  We may (or may not) reconsider for the next
version of the HIG.

> Also the return key does not always belong to the OK button if there is
> one (example: System / Administration / Users and Groups).

Somebody probably just forgot to set OK to be the default button in that
dialog-- should be easy enough to fix.

Cheeri,
Calum.

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