Here is the documentation for the keyboard shortcuts
for navigating the applications icons [1], although I I think that
asking a person with a physical disability to hold down ctrl and
alt while tabbing is not feasible. Maybe someone else knows of a
better solution.
Well, Ctrl+Alt+Tab is the one used because it was the one used at
GNOME 2. Anyway, there is a work in progress effort in order to
define new keyshortcuts for gnome-shell:
I suggested them some others, like direct access to the Dash and
others.
I honestly don't know that this is a case where a simpler shortcut is necessary, or if it should be considered a case where users need adapted systems. I'll ask around in the accessibility community here and see what people think, and comment there if it seems like the solution we have is not up to standards.
On Sat, Aug 25, 2012 at 1:11 PM, meg
ford <meg387 gmail com>
wrote:
The activities overview really doesn't work well for
people with physical disabilities. Using the mouse to
choose an application can be very tiring, and sometimes
impossible for such users. Typing the name of the
application is also really difficult. Looking here [1] I
don't see a way to navigate the application icons using
the keyboard. Maybe that has been added and the
documentation hasn't been updated?
There is a shell extension that provides a Gnome 2
style applications menu [2]. I think this should be
easier to use.
That's a shame about the
accident. I'm glad that GNOME and Debian have
worked for you until now.
The new menus _should_ be accessible. May you
please explain what
about them isn't working out? I'm sure that
would help to improve the
implementation. As it is, adding a toggle
between the two menu layouts
is no simple task: with this menu redesign, the
idea of grouping menu
items under things like "Edit" and "View" is
going to drift away, so
even if the bits were in place it would be quite
difficult to change
it back (especially dynamically).
If I was to guess, the biggest problem for
keyboard-accessibility is
that the menus don't open with F10, so you have
to reach them with
Tab. Is that the gist of the problem? That might
be something to
mandate in the HIG (and maybe add at the toolkit
level), because it
_is_ quite surprising. Google Chrome, for
example, is keyboard
accessible: its wrench menu can be opened with
the usual mnemonics
(Alt+F or Alt+E). They forgot that F10 is the
_real_ common
menu-opening shortcut, but they did try :)
If you haven't already found it, the keyboard
shortcut to get the
application menu (beside Activities at the top
left of the screen) is
Super+F10. You can also use the left and right
arrow keys to get
anywhere else on the top bar. Do you find that
one works okay?
Thanks,
Dylan
On Sat, Aug 25, 2012 at 9:29 AM, surma <surma hot ee>
wrote:
>
> I’ve been using debian since 27 March
of 1996, before gnome everything was quite
crappy, but I started using gnome 11 June
2000, and linux turned easy. Then
(2004/2005) I had a terrible car accident, I
got rammed, then I spent 6 months in coma,
which messed up my hands, so I can’t use
mouse, that’s why I prefer keyboard. Maake a
place under gconf-editor where you can
choose the style of menu, so people can use
either classic or modern style.
>
> That’s why I can’t use mouse.
> http://www.hot.ee/surma/Surma_24.12.05.jpg
> I built this car myself … and had an
accident with it.
>
> This is what was left of my car.
> http://www.hot.ee/surma/katki.jpg
> Tanel
>
