Re: [gtk-list] Re: keyboard support

[Brandon Long <blong fiction net>]

On 10/02/98 Gautschi Joel uttered the following other thing:
> > > i just ask because i don't like apps with no real keyboard support...
> > > or do you like them?
> > > gtk would be really cool with a keyboardsupport.
> > 
> > But is it GTK's responsibility to provide this?  X has good keyboard
> > support in it already (xkb) - why not use that?
> 
> don't know if we are talking about the same...
> I've never coded with gtk - so if I'm wrong - don't take it too serious :)
> But i know if I code for windows... f.e. if i wanna do a menu with the label
> "File"
> I can write "&File" -> the user can access File with Alt-F
> I've just seen that in gimp (a gtk based app - as far as I know) i can't do
> that (I've always to click on File to open this menu). I don't know -
> perhaps they could code this keyboard support without the gtk... but
> wouldn't it be cool if you could do that with gtk.
> btw: most of qt apps have this menu-keyboard-support thing - but please - I
> don't wanna start a qt - gtk war now :))
> if I've missed the point, please tell me

Ah, you are speaking of keyboard accelerators.  This can be done with
GTK+, yes, though it may be more of a hassle then one would like
(judging from the examples I've seen).

On the other hand, I imagine it will be quite easy to do with Gnome.

Brandon
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