Re: keyboard/focus annoyance after sorting in list view

[Alexander Larsson <alexl redhat com>]

On Mon, 2009-03-09 at 10:45 +0100, John Keller wrote:

> >> Also what struck me when checking the above was that in all cases, 
> >> there's an easy way to jump OUT of the main pane, but no easy way to 
> >> jump back IN ("jump" as in a single key/key combo consistently gets you 
> >> to a certain control). But you agree with me there, and that's been 
> >> taken up in another sub-thread. :-)
> > 
> > There is not particular key that gets you directly to *any* widget. Tab
> > affects the focus-chain, not particular widgets. This is something
> > completely different. However, its quite useful to have. And I think its
> > something many apps may want. I.E. a "focus the document widget"
> > keybinding.
> 
> Exactly, and as I mentioned I'm happy that you like the idea of adding 
> this kind of idea (whether it's at GTK level or app level).

I don't think such a think could be really done at the Gtk+ level, as
you need knowledge about what widget is the "main" one. However, it
would be nice to specify desktop wide so that all apps could use the
same keybinding for it.