Re: [orca-list] About Ctrl+Alt+Tab switcher contents on GNOME Shell

[Thomas Ward <thomasward1978 gmail com>]

Hi,

I for one am in favor of keeping alt+control+tab as is and just adding
additional hot keys for the different areas of the shell. That to me
makes better sense. In part because I think it would be better for
alt+control+tab to move through the areas of the shell that is
currently visible and it would be quicker to access specific areas of
the shell using special keyboard commands if needed.

Cheers!


On 5/3/12, Juanjo Marín <juanjomarin96 yahoo es> wrote:
> > I would like to ask to the users a question about Ctrl+Alt+Tab switcher
> > contents on GNOME Shell.
> >
> > As with GNOME2 if you press Ctrl+Alt+Tab, a switcher appears so you can
> > select a region of the desktop. In the case of GNOME3, the content of
> > this switcher depends on current mode, as in each case what GNOME Shell
> > presents to the user is different. On normal mode this switcher contents
> > is usually: "Top panel" and "Desktop". During activities
> > overview (you
> > can go there by pressing top panel "Activities" button or
> > "Alt+F1") the
>
> Also by pressing the System(Windows) key
>
> > contents is usually: "Top panel", "Dash",
> > "Windows", "Applications" and
> > "Search".
> >
> > For me this behaviour is fine, in the sense that Ctrl+Alt+Tab switcher
> > is filled by the different sections of the desktop that the desktop are
> > showing at that moment.
> >
> > But recently some people (first one Juanjo Marin), suggested that could
> > be fancy if the switcher contents are always the same, in the sense of
> > containing any possible section of the desktop, no matter if it is being
> > exposed at that moment or not. In that way, if you want to go to the
> > Dash (where you put your list of favourite apps), you could just press
> > Ctrl+Alt+Tab at any moment.
> >
> > Although I understand the rationale for that, IMHO, the current
> > behaviour is more coherent, and I prefer that. Anyway, as some people
> > said that they would prefer a different behaviour, just asking to get
> > feedback.
> >
> > What do you think? Opinions? Thoughts?
>
>
> Alternatively, we can add keyboard shortcuts for the different parts
> of the shell and left the behaviour of Ctrl + Alt + Tab as it is. An idea
> that
> I think it could work is enriching the behaviour of the 'System' key in
> combination
> with other keys, so for example, in desktop/normal mode, 'System' + 'd' goes
> to the
> activity overview mode with the dash selected. This left some decisions
> open, like
> for example if 'System' + 't' in desktop/normal mode should go to the
> overview
> mode or shouldn't.
>
> just my 2 cents,
>
>     -- Juanjo Marin
>
> PS: I recommend reading the gnome shell cheat sheet to know how to use the
> gnome shell
>
> https://live.gnome.org/GnomeShell/CheatSheet
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