Re: getting to panels

[Joachim Noreiko <jnoreiko yahoo com>]

--- Calum Benson <Calum Benson Sun COM> wrote:

> 
> On 22 Feb 2006, at 07:47, Joachim Noreiko wrote:
> 
> >> From the UG:
> >
> > "You can also middle-click or
> > right-click on one of the hide buttons to select
> the
> > panel, if the panel has
> > no vacant space. If the hide buttons are not
> visible
> > on a panel, modify the
> > properties of the panel so that the hide buttons
> are
> > visible. "
> >
> > Um...
> > If the panel has no vacant space, and no hide
> buttons,
> > how are you meant to get to its properties and get
> it
> > to show the hide buttons?
> 
> Short answer: you can use the keyboard; focus
> anything on the panel  
> (by clicking it, or using Ctrl-Alt-Tab), then hit
> Ctrl+F10.
> 
> Long answer: see
> http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=82642

I don't see how to focus something on the panel with
the mouse. The best example of a panel with this
problem is the default bottom one, once the window
list is full. I'm clicking on things (such as the
workspace switcher, or the show desktop button, then
hitting CTRL-F10 and nothing happens).

With Ctrl-Alt-Tab, I can get a panel focussed, but
hitting CTRL-F10 pops the menu up under my mouse
cursor. (And Ctrl-Alt-Tab works on 2.12, but not the
2.13.90 VM I'm using for doc writing -- could you
confirm it still exists?)

BTW, Ctrl-Alt-Tab is an undocumented shortcut as far
as I can tell -- does it have some sort of a name so I
can mention it? 

I'm not sure how I can document this.

Any advice on what I can say in the UG for the
situation of panels with no space, other than 'you're
screwed'?





		
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