Re: Split/dual pane view again (but this time with code)

[Alexander Larsson <alexl redhat com>]

On Fri, 2009-03-06 at 10:49 +0100, Holger Berndt wrote:
> On Fri, 06 Mar 2009 10:33:13 +0100 Alexander Larsson wrote:
> 
> > I'd rather pick another key shortcut that is not used currently. As I
> > commented in another thread, such a shortcut is useful even in the
> > no-split-view case where it could set focus on the view, independent
> > on where focus was before. Not sure what the best shortcut would be
> > though.
> > 
> > Ctrl-Tab?
> 
> I'd be very happy with this one. 
> 
> > 10.2.4.2. Standard Widget Navigation Shortcut Keys in
> > http://library.gnome.org/devel/hig-book/stable/input-keyboard.html.en 
> > lists some interesting keys, like:
> > 
> > F6, Shift+F6 - Give focus to next/previous pane in a GtkPaned window
> > F8 - Give focus to splitter bar in paned window
> 
> Giving focus to the other pane in a GtkPane is not enough, because each
> pane consists of a VBox layout containing the location bar and the
> notebook, so I really want to focus the directory view, and not the
> location bar, so one would have to fiddle around with the focus chain
> again.

I don't mean to use these, just be "similar" to them.

> > Maybe we could use F4 or something for switching between views /
> > focusing the view.
> 
> I'd like Ctrl-Tab much better. For my personal gut feeling it's much
> more intuitive than e.g. F4 (which I connect to closing things).

Ctrl-Tab is kinda iffy to hit though, compared to e.g. F4.

> Tab is already closely connected to focusing things, be it Alt-Tab for
> the WM, or Tab alone for the focus chain. I can very well see Ctrl-Tab
> become "focus the most important thing of the current window, or
> iterate between equally important things if you're already there".

Well, Ctrl-Tab already has a different meaning in Gtk+. Not that this
can't change or anything, but its a point against it.