List/tree widgets and keyboard navigation

[Calum Benson <calum benson sun com>]

None of the apps I've used in the GNOME environment seem to allow you to
select an item in a list by typing the first few letters of its name
(when the list has focus), so I assume it's not supported at the widget
level... are there any plans to add this functionality to the standard
GTK tree/list widgets? 

It's really rather a useful feature, when you know what you're looking
for in a big list-- much quicker than scrolling, and it means you don't
have to take your hands off the keyboard.  (It also has beneficial
implications for people who are unable to use a mouse.)

Cheeri,
Calum.

-- 
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mailto:calum benson ireland sun com    Desktop Enginering Group
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Any opinions are personal and not necessarily those of Sun Microsystems

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• From: Calum Benson <calum benson sun com>
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• Subject: List/tree widgets and keyboard behaviour
• Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 15:03:15 +0100

None of the GNOME apps/applets I've used seem to allow you to select an
item in a list by typing the first few letters of its name (when the
list has focus), so I assume it's not supported at the widget level...
are there any plans to add this functionality to the tree/list widgets? 
It's really rather a useful feature, when you know what you're looking
for in a big list-- much quicker than scrolling, and it means you don't
have to take your hands off the keyboard.

Cheeri,
Calum.

-- 
CALUM BENSON, User Interface Designer  Sun Microsystems Ireland
mailto:calum benson ireland sun com    Desktop Enginering Group
http://www.sun.ie                      +353 1 819 9771

Any opinions are personal and not necessarily those of Sun Microsystems

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