Re: [Evolution] moving around inside Evolution

[Bart <montana_evolution_user hardinmt us>]

On Fri, 2010-06-18 at 11:59 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> On Fri, 2010-06-18 at 11:05 -0400, Adam Tauno Williams wrote:
> > On Fri, 2010-06-18 at 09:25 -0400, Matthew Barnes wrote:
> > > On Fri, 2010-06-18 at 14:01 +0200, Matthias Apitz wrote:
> > > > The Evo 2.24.5 has (in my configuration) three mayor windows:
> > > > - left side the folders
> > > > - right side top the list of mails in the actual folder
> > > > - right side down the actual message
> > > > I don't like using the mouse to change the focus between the windows,
> > > > is there some key for this? Thanks
> > > F6 will cycle focus over the three panes.
> >
> > This works most of the time,  but it is possible to have Evolution
> > *window* have the focus yet no *pane* have focus in which case F6
> > doesn't do anything.  But selecting anything in the menu (like via Alt
> > +f) and then hitting Esc puts the focus back in the most recently active
> > pane.
>
> Are you sure? What I see is that when focus is on the preview pane there
> is no visual feedback, however the arrow keys will scroll the preview
> (if it's longer than the pane of course) so I know where the focus is.
> This isn't very friendly but it's not that focus isn't working, it's
> that it isn't visible.
>
> A clearer visual focus would be good.
>
> poc
I see it the same as Patcick does.  When focus is in the folders pane,
there is a bar that highlights the current folder.  that bar changes
color to indicate focus or not.  While focus is in the messages pane,
there is a bar highlighting the current message.  It shows focus by
changing color.   When focus is in the preview pane, there's nothing to
highlight.  Therefore no visual feedback.  I don't know what could be
highlighted to show focus.  Perhaps activating a cursor would do?   As I
use a wheel mouse for most movement, it's not a problem for me.  Just
wanted to confirm the results on Evo 2.28.2.

Bart