Re: [orca-list] Orca Key behavior/customization (was Re: More accessibility for orca issue)

[Hermann <meinelisten onlinehome de>]

Willie Walker <William Walker Sun COM> writes:
> This is a nice discussion and thanks for bringing it up!  I'm curious 
> about the user interface we'd present for the various features.  How do 
> these sound?
>
> 1) Bypass function: press a special key combination once and Orca 
> ignores all key combinations except one, which is the one to turn 
> bypass off.  For example, Orca+Delete could be used to toggle the 
> on/off of the bypass feature.
OK. 

> 2) Sticky key for Orca key: Perhaps treat the Orca key always as a 
> specialized sticky key -- press it 2X in a row with no other keys and 
> the Orca modifier is locked.  Press it again and it becomes unlocked.
OK, but I think twice is a low value. One might press it unintended,
so perhaps three times?

> 3) Modification of the Orca key: this one might be tough (but not 
> impossible) to accomplish if we wanted to allow the user to press *any* 
> key on the keyboard to define the Orca key.  But, we could potentially 
> limit the choices and present the user with a combobox.
I think we should limit it and present a combo box with possible
choices; it's better for security reasons.
Hermann

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