Re: tab-key while entering text in the url bar.

[Marco Pesenti Gritti <marco gnome org>]

On Wed, 2004-08-11 at 05:35, Lex Hider wrote:
> It is a fairly common behaviour for the tab key to cycle between items
> in a drop down list.
> 
> When I want to search for something I enter text in the urlbar, I see
> the "search the web" option. If I press TAB to go the "search" I'm
> toggling to the next widget instead of cycling to the "search option".
> The solution to this is to use the DOWN-ARROW key. I believe this is bad
> because it: requires moving my hand from the home keys, and takes more
> time to perform.
> 
> Similar behaviour can be observed when entering a URL in the urlbar.
> e.g. I have previously visited the osnews and osopinion site. I enter
> the text "os" in the urlbar and see in the drop down: osnews.com,
> osopinion.com and the "search the web" option. Again I would like to
> "tab" between these options.
> 
> A question needing consideration is how to move focus to the web-page is
> the behaviour is changed. 
> 1) if no drop-down is visible the behaviour doesn't have to change.
> 2) if the drop-down is visible then I simply hit ESCAPE and the
> drop-down disappears.
> 
> I find the current behaviour really irritating. Am I alone in this?
> 

This issue should really be discussed with gtk developers. We just
inherit gtk completion widget.

Marco