RE: [Evolution] Keyboard focus request.

[Christopher James Lahey <clahey ximian com>]

On 07 Mar 2001 15:07:29 -0800, Alex Swavely wrote:
> One of the things that many mailers and newsreaders in the Windows camp that
> use the three-pane display offer is spacebar piloting...

Evolution actually supports this already.  I'll go into more detail
below.

> 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...

We do handle space bar to page down within a message.  We don't go to
the next message, but you can just press n (or down arrow) to get to the
next unread message (or the next message).

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

We actually support this.  The backspace key anywhere will page up
within a message.  Again you can use p or up arrow to move upwards in
the message list.

> 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.

This is the main problem with the current code.  It only does this if
you hit [DEL] in the message list.  It is ignored in the view pane.
This is in our bugzilla as something that needs to get fixed.

Thanks,
    Chris