[orca-list] Your feedback please! 'List Shortcuts' feature now available in Orca master (Orca 2.31.2).

[Dattatray Bhat <bhatdv gmail com>]

Keyboard shortcuts or hotkeys expedite common operations by reducing long input sequences to a few keystrokes. To a visually disabled user, they are invaluable! Knowing the correct shortcut in a given context is a must for using an application efficiently. But aren't there too many of them, at least for a new user? For example, Orca has 57 default shortcuts, 12 shortcuts for Open Office and 77 shortcuts for Firefox. Considering this situation, I had filed an enhancement request (616820) and submitted a patch for a new feature. The new feature is now available in Orca master (Orca v2.31.2). 

It works like this. The user enters 'List Shortcuts' mode by pressing Orca + H (double click). Pressing '1' lists Orca's default shortcuts. Pressing '2' lists Orca's shortcuts for the current application. The user can navigate and hear the listed shortcuts by pressing 'Up/ Down', can toggle to the other group of shortcuts by pressing '1' or '2', or can exit by pressing 'Escape'.

Please try out the new feature and give your feedback. If you do not want to try it out, please do tell whether you think it will be useful or not. Kindly reply to orca-list gnome org so that all replies are visible to Orca list members.

Thanks and regards.

Dattatray Bhat