Re: [Evolution] moving around inside Evolution

[Adam Tauno Williams <awilliam whitemice org>]

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? 

Yes.

> What I see is that when focus is on the preview pane there
> is no visual feedback, 

I don't have the preview pane. "Show Message Preview" is unchecked.

> 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.
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