Re: [orca-list] Save dialog in OOffice Writer

[Rudolf Weeber <rudolf faveve uni-stuttgart de>]

Hi Joannie,
On Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 03:14:30PM -0400, Joanmarie Diggs wrote:
> > In the Save dialgo of writer, try pressing tab to move forward out of
> > the name field. 
>
> I can confirm this without Orca running, but it only happens if I use my
> distro's Save As dialog (as opposed to the official OpenOffice.org
> dialogs).  You can configure this in the Options dialog in Writer (or
> any component of OOo).  Choose General (Under OpenOffice.org), then you
> can check the "Use OpenOffice.org dialogs" checkbox.
Thanks, I'll try that.
> So.... It's not an Orca bug and it's not OOo bug.  Question is, is it a
> bug?  
Yes, I think it is, because especially if you don't see the dialog and
therefore don't know, what other fields there are, tabbing should work
as expected. 
> Personally, I've never liked the "you can sometimes Tab
> out of this entry and you sometimes can't" behavior.  It is, as you
> suggested, confusing.  
> However, it crops up elsewhere (perhaps it's a
> Gtk+ "bug"?).  When it does crop up, my experience is that you can
> always move to the next field by pressing Control+Tab.
I'll have a look around to find out, where else this occurs. Hopefully,
I'll find out, against what to file the bug, then.

Cheers, Rudolf