Re: [Evolution] Composing without the mouse

[Eric Lambart <lambart got net>]

Well, for me hitting Tab from the subject field _does_ put the focus
into the msg body window.  There is (almost) no visual feedback though,
since there is already what appears to be a cursor in the
upper-left-hand corner of that area.  The only difference is the cursor
begins blinking once the focus has reached it (whether by hitting Tab
from the Subject, or shift-Tab from the initial [lack of] focus).

On 06 Aug 2001 18:35:31 -0400, Justin A wrote:
> Yeah...I can get through the first three header input fields, but
> after the third, pressing tab seems to do everything _but_ going where
> I want it.  shift-tab from the first field does jump to the
> body....Without looking at the code I would say that the tab ordering
> is very wrong....
>
> On Mon, Aug 06, 2001 at 02:45:29PM -0700, Eric Lambart wrote:
> > Hmmmm... no, it works for me, though Evo's keyboard support is still far
> > from satisfactory.
> >
> > Just now I hit Tab 5 times to get to the body of this email reply, no
> > problem... though it really should have required only 3 tabs (the focus
> > should start on "To:").
> >
> > You can also hit Shift-Tab once in a reply/forward and the focus will
> > also go to the message body, though I usually forget that (and it's not
> > clear where you are since the cursor is initially in the message body
> > even though the focus is elsewhere).
> >
> > I also think Shift-Tab should suck the focus back up into the header
> > when you're in the middle of typing a message, but it doesn't.  However,
> > I did accidentally discover that Ctrl-UpArrow does this (though I think
> > that's inappropriate; I would like Ctrl-Up/Dn to jump between
> > paragraphs).
> >
> > Also Ctrl-Right arrow jumps to the space between words rather than the
> > first letter of the next word, as the de facto standard dictates...
> >
> > I suppose it would make sense to have Enter go to the next header field,
> > but I'm so used to hitting Tab that I hadn't tried it.
> >
> > If Tab doesn't work for you maybe it's a Window Manager or other
> > environment issue?  Does Tab work in the body of a message (to insert a
> > tab character)?  Are you using Beta 2,  one of the lateset snapshot
> > builds, or something older?
> >
> > Good luck.
> > --Eric
> >
> > On 06 Aug 2001 16:54:57 -0400, Justin A wrote:
> > > Has anyone else noticed that it is impossible to get from 
> > > To: -> Cc: -> Subject: -> Message text by only pressing tab/return?
> > >
> > > -Justin