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

[luke Davis <speakup lists tacticus com>]

I'm not going to try it out right now (not running on the latest version), 
but I think it's a fine feature indeed.

I use up to five screen readers on a daily basis in various operating 
systems, and having a list of available shortcuts readily available would 
be quite handy.

Luke

On Tue, 1 Jun 2010, Dattatray Bhat wrote:

> 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<https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=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