Re: [Evolution-hackers] Keyboard navigation broken

From: Calum Benson <Calum Benson Sun COM>
To: Lee Revell <rlrevell joe-job com>
Cc: Jeffrey Stedfast <fejj novell com>, Evolution Hackers <evolution-hackers lists ximian com>
Subject: Re: [Evolution-hackers] Keyboard navigation broken
Date: Thu, 12 May 2005 18:18:36 +0100

On Wed, 2005-05-04 at 18:57, Lee Revell wrote:

> While it makes sense for panel apps, I think that normal Gnome apps
> should explicitly *not* use the arrow keys to move focus between
> controls.  If the control has no use for them they should be disabled.

Expect some bugs to be filed against gtk+ about this sort of thing
soon... I've been reading a revised proposal from Kathy Fernandes for
GNOME keynav generally, and that's one of her bugbears too.

Cheeri,
Calum.

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References:
- [Evolution-hackers] Keyboard navigation broken
  - From: Lee Revell
- Re: [Evolution-hackers] Keyboard navigation broken
  - From: Jeffrey Stedfast
- Re: [Evolution-hackers] Keyboard navigation broken
  - From: Lee Revell

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