Re: [orca-list] keys in conflict with XUL application keys

[Willie Walker <William Walker Sun COM>]

Hi Milan:

>     WW> To determine which keys Orca uses in Firefox, you can bring up
>     WW> the Firefox-specific Orca preferences dialog by pressing
>     WW> Ctrl+Orca+Space (e.g., Ctrl+Insert+Space).
>
> Thank you for tip, but this key combination doesn't do anything for me
> with the latest Orca svn snapshot.  Can I do anything to identify the
> reason?
>   

I think it may depend upon what your Orca modifier key is.  If you're 
using the laptop layout, then you might try CapsLock+Ctrl+Space.

>     WW> The keybindings tab will have a list of all the keystrokes Orca
>     WW> has defined.
>
> Nevertheless, I suppose Orca will add new keyboard commands in future.
> Is there some policy about kinds of key bindings reserved for future use
> in Orca and/or about kinds of key bindings Orca will never use?  If it
> is not, I think it would be useful to define one.
>   

Since there are a limited number of keys on a keyboard, there is always 
going to be contention for key combinations.  I'm not particularly 
enthusiastic about attempting to generate a policy for who gets to use 
what.  I think it's an intractable problem.

We try to keep the number of keystrokes defined by Orca to a low number, 
however, and I prefer to see the Orca modifier used in the keyboard 
commands used by Orca.  In the case of Firefox, however, end users 
preferred not having the Orca modifier, so we listened to them.  As 
we've seen, this can conflict with choices made by others.  We cannot 
avoid that.  But, Orca does provide the ability for users to redefine 
the keystrokes.

Will