Re: [HCI] Focus navigation with arrow keys

[Pavel Machek <pavel ucw cz>]

Hi!

> I think the first problem makes this capability pretty useless
> with the current key bindings. We could have different keys
> that _always_ moved the focus, but finding a modifier+arrows
> combination that:
> 
>  A) is not already in use.
> 
>  B) Users will have some chance of discovering.

You can actually _tell_ users. Providing help page with "usual
keybindings" would be great.

> Seems a little difficult. (Control-arrows, Shift-arrows
> are standard CUA bindings. Combinations of multiple-modifiers
> plus arrows are frequently used by window managers, and
> are obscure in any case.)

Current keyboards have "windoze" key and menu key, usable as
modifiers, too.
								Pavel
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