Re: Display configuration capplet

[Calum Benson <Calum Benson Sun COM>]

On 20 Feb 2008, at 21:20, Bryce Harrington wrote:

> On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 02:19:38PM -0500, Matthias Clasen wrote:
> > On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 1:56 PM, Calum Benson  
> > <Calum Benson sun com> wrote:
> > > On 20 Feb 2008, at 08:39, Bryce Harrington wrote:
> > >
> > > > > How does one reconfigure the monitor layout (such as if you wish  
> > > > > to
> > > > switch the left monitor to the right)?
> > >
> > > Drag and drop to arrange the monitor layout, I'd imagine (hope)--  
> > > same
> > > as the Mac et al...
> >
> > Yes, dnd is the plan. Although we probably need a more accessible
> > alternative, too.
> > Does OS X have any other way to control monitor placement ?
>
> Perhaps the most intuitive accessible way would be to allow tabbing
> between the boxes in the canvas, and using the arrow keys to move the
> current selection left, up, etc.?

Yes, I was thinking much the same.  And no, I don't see any other way  
to do it on OS X, other than turning on MouseKeys... so definitely  
another opportunity for us to go one better than the competition :)

Cheeri,
Calum.

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