Re: Better accelerator keys support

[edscott wilson garcia <edscott imp mx>]

El lun, 30-06-2003 a las 14:54, Martin Stubenschrott escribió:
> Hi,
> 
> I am not sure if this is acutally a GTK+ or Gnome thing, but there's
> is really one thing with keyboard accelerators which could be
> massively improved.
> 
> In GTK+, if you have a button "&Test" (sorry, i am/was only a windows
> developer, by putting the '&' bevore the 'T' I meant that T was
> underlinded for quick access), you can use by pressing "Alt-T". This
> is not bad, but Windows does this much better (and faster) I think. If
> the focus is on a button, checkbox or optionbutton, it is enough just
> to press "T" for selecting the button. The Alt key is only necessary
> if the focus is in an edit-field or listbox because than it is unclear
> if you want to write a "T" or select a button "&Test".
> 
> This probably sounds very unimportant, but for an advanced keyboard
> user, it will speed things up extremely.
> 
> I hope it is clear what I mean, and I am looking forward for your
> comments.

Using the space bar to select the button (gtk default) is easy and
natural. Even so, you can define a "windowy" behaviour by using the
key-pressed signal on the widget.

Edscott

> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Martin
> 
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