Re: [evolution-patches] auto-focus message list after selecting a folder

[Not Zed <notzed ximian com>]

On Tue, 2004-11-16 at 16:02 -0200, Gustavo Noronha Silva wrote:
> Em Qua, 2004-11-10 às 11:32 +0800, Not Zed escreveu:
> > 
> > how do the other gtktreeview lists in other applications get their
> > (odd) focus behaviour?  That is, a single click changes the selection
> > but doesn't take focus, and then another click will give the focus to
> > it, which wont go away will you move focus elsewhere.
> > 
> > we should be consistent with other gtk apps.  i'm trying to think of
> > an example, but i can't think of one.  perhaps the load selector.
> > 
> > grabbing focus like this below will interfere badly with some
> > behaviour, particularly since it will be invoked in a relatively async
> > manner in some instances.
>
> Indeed. What about only grabing the focus when the user presses enter on
> that list? Currently, pressing enter will just reload the folder, it
> seems.
>
> This way we have the focus working as it should when clicking, and the
> user is still able to browse the folders list with the keyboard, but you
> have a way of telling evo to change the focus without using the mouse or
> loads of tab key presses.
Are you sure what we have now is correct?  This isn't how other gtktreeview using programs are working, i'm trying to think of an example, but i don't really use gnome enough - i think the file selector might.

And as for changing the keyboard focus with tab - isn't that just the way it works in gnome?  And we don't have labels we can use as accelerators like you can sometimes.
> What do you think? I still could not find how to implement this, though.
I don't know.  I don't really care, and it doesn't look like anyone else does either.  *shrug*

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