RE: [Evolution] Keyboard focus request.

["Alex Swavely" <swave_1 yahoo com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: evolution-admin helixcode com
> [mailto:evolution-admin helixcode com]On Behalf Of Rodd Clarkson
> Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2001 2:31 PM
> To: evolution ximian com
> Subject: [Evolution] Keyboard focus request.
>
>
> I've been using evolution since 0.4 and I'm impressed by how much it's
> improved and how fast.
>
> I really enjoy being able to use the keyboard to navigate thru new
> messages, but I think that the keyboard focus should be looked at.
>
> Firstly, let me say that the keyboard focus currently does what you
> would expect it to do in that it sends the key stroke to the pane that
> is focused.
>
> Also, I should state that I'm talking specifically about the message
> list pane and the message view pane.  (Sorry if these names are wrong,
> but I think they accurately describe where I'm talking about.)
>
> When I'm reading mail, occasionally the message will be longer than the
> message view pane and thus needs scrolling.  This involved changing the
> focus of the pane to the message view pane and then scrolling.  However,
> I then have to click back in the message list pane to either delete the
> message, move to the next unread message, or scroll thru the messages
> using the arrows.
>
> I think it would be much easier to use evolution is some of the keys
> acted on the message list pane when the focus is in the message view
> pane.  For example, the delete key can't do anything in the message view
> pane, so pressing it should delete the message (and move to the next
> one).  This could also be the case for the <n> and <p> keys, they should
> move to the next and previous unread messages.  The arrow keys on the
> other hand should remain focused on the message view pane as they are
> needed for neavigating the messages.
>
> But doing this, it would be possible to keep the focus in the message
> view pane, and to move thru all unread messages using only the keyboard
> (and never having to change the window focus.
>
> What do other people think?
>
>
> mintSlice
My two dollars (inflation you know...):

One of the things that many mailers and newsreaders in the Windows camp that
use the three-pane display offer is spacebar piloting...

Basically, in the message list view, if you hit spacebar, the message
preview window skips down a page, until it gets to the end of a message,
then you hit spacebar again, it marks the message read, and goes to the next
one in line in the message view...

You can't scroll back without changing focus, but...

Oh, and in either the message list pane or the preview pane, if you hit
[DEL] it deletes the highlighted message, moving on to the next in line.

- Alex


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