Re: [gedit-list] Switching of tabs with Ctrl+Tab and "internal recency list"

[Bobby Jack <bobbykjack yahoo co uk>]

--- chuchi <jbarbero quiter com> wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> In Eclipse if press <alt>+<left> you go to the
> previous document and fi
> you press <alt>+<right> you go to the next document.
> I think these are a
> good keys.

I take it that uses the concept of a 'recency list',
rather than just replicating the functionality of
CTRL+PGUP and CTRL+PGDN.

It looks like ALT+LEFT/RIGHT are already taken by
firefox, eclipse, and possibly others for 'back' /
'forward' operations. This seems like a very natural
fit, and I'm all for standard keyboard shortcuts
across gnome apps, so I'm afraid we'll probably have
to come up with an alternative.

> Why not we talk with the gtk developers to add this
> feature to the
> notebook control?? I think this feature is
> interesant for a lot of
> applications... Pehaps disabling by default and we
> can enable it in our
> applications.

Since CTRL+TAB and ALT+CURSORS are unavailable, what
about CTRL+CURSORS? I've scanned the default keyboard
shortcuts for gnome, and can't see these taken (not
that that's a guarantee, since ALT+CURSORS isn't
mentioned).
Is everyone in general agreement that a 'recency list'
for tab-switching would at least be a nice-to-have,
regardless of whether a keyboard shortcut can be
found?

> Saludos,
>     Chuchi
> 
> 
> 
> El lun, 19-02-2007 a las 10:37 +0100, Paolo Borelli
> escribió:
> 
> > On dom, 2007-02-18 at 10:36 -0800, renergy wrote:
> > > 
> > > Bobby Jack wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > The key point here is that two different
> things are
> > > > being discussed: the keyboard shortcut for
> > > > tab-switching, and the implementation of a
> 'recency
> > > > list' for the same. Whilst there have been
> many good
> > > > arguments against the use of CTRL-TAB for
> > > > tab-switching, we haven't heard much about the
> recency
> > > > list.
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Hell yeah! Is there a reason not to implement
> the "recency-aware" tab
> > > switching?
> > 
> > <snip description>
> > 
> > 
> > Sorry, I am not online much these days so I have
> not read the whole
> > thread, so sorry if I missed some parts. Here is
> my take:
> > 
> >  * recent-tab-switching: nice idea and you seem to
> have a good grasp of
> > how it should work: how about creating a plugin or
> making a patch :)
> > I would be happy to test it/review it and if it's
> all ok include it in
> > gedit.
> > 
> >  * about the keybinding: as said by others
> ctrl+tab is a GNOME-wide
> > shortcut to move focus which is needed to ensure
> keyboard navigation
> > when mouse is not present/usable. Accessibility is
> a high priority for
> > gnome and is required to make gnome deployable in
> public computers. So
> > this is really something that gedit should not
> override locally. Feel
> > free to pick any other shortcut.
> > 
> > 
> > ciao
> > 	Paolo
> > 
> > 
> > > PS: And still back to Ctrl+Tab. Ok, "getting out
> of the editbox" is a case
> > > when it is required. Is there some other case
> when it is required (to cycle
> > > the widgets)? I can't think of any.
> > 
> > As said ctrl+tab is a desktop-wide shortcut to
> move focus without mouse
> > and is always supposed to work, especially where
> tab by itself cannot be
> > used (text entries etc)
> > 
> > >  Then, again, I think my opinion that
> > > Ctrl+Tab is wasted is a valid one. Is there some
> other reason for current
> > > Ctrl+Tab assignment?
> > > 
> > > To the substitute of Ctrl+Tab - Why not use
> Shift+Tab for example to get out
> > > of the editbox?
> > > 
> > 
> > shift-tab and shift-ctr-tab cycle the focus in
> backward direction.
> > 
> > 
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