Re: [orca-list] Default behavior for quick key toggling of focus mode is changed

[Thomas Ward <thomasward1978 gmail com>]

Hi Joanie,

I for one like the new changes, and the new default behavior described
below. Haven't been able to do any testing due to my schedule, but
this sounds good to me, and I have no complaints regarding how focus
mode is to work.

Cheers!


On 8/15/14, Joanmarie Diggs <jdiggs igalia com> wrote:
> Hey all.
>
> Thanks for the feedback. It appears we have a consensus. (Yay!) As a
> result, the behavior is now as follows:
>
> * Pressing keys like "e" to move to the next entry will not auto-trigger
>   focus mode by default. You can now press "e" until the cows come home.
>   When you finally reach the entry you wish to fill out, press Orca + a
>   to toggle into focus mode.
>
> * If you do not like the above default, you can still configure it via
>   orca-customizations.py (now) and via GUI (very soon, probably Monday).
>
> * Using the "list of" dialogs like Alt + Shift + e will trigger focus
>   mode automatically.
>
> * Using other means to change focus to a form field, such as Tab, Mouse
>   Click, Web App mnemonics, etc. will trigger focus mode automatically.
>
> * Using Orca's caret navigation commands to arrow into a form field will
>   not, by default, trigger focus mode. But this is also configurable --
>   and has nothing to do with the quick-key ("e") setting.
>
> I think that covers everything. Please let me know if you have any
> questions.
>
> Thanks again for all your testing and feedback on this and on the other
> new features and fixes! Orca 3.14 is starting to shape up quite nicely I
> think.
>
> --joanie
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