Re: [orca-list] Workspace switching & announcement

[Didier Spaier <didier slint fr>]

Hello,

Caveat: I never used Cinammon.

In Mate, I'd just set a meaningful key binding to switch to a given desktop, like:
Ctrl+Alt+F1 for desktop 1
Ctrl+Alt+F2 for desktop 2
and so on.

Best,

Didier
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Didier Spaier
Maintainer of the Slint distribution
https://slint.fr

Le 7/01/20 à 21:55, Jeff Archambeault via orca-list a écrit :
> Hi!
>
> I'm helping a vision impaired programmer configure his Mint system to be more orca-centric than visual 
> centric. One problem we're having is workspace switching. For terminals, we can use ALT+F1-10 to switch 
> between specific virtual consoles, but we haven't found any way to do that in Cinammon for workspaces, and 
> once you've switched, Orca doesn't seem to identify which desktop it is. 
>
> It would seem the most non-visual way of switching is Shift+Ctrl+Alt+Arrow, but again, once you switch, 
> orca doesn't tell you where you are. We've thought of different desktop backgrounds to identify them, but 
> sometimes the background isn't visible. Can't put a File named 1 on Workspace 1's desktop...all desktops 
> are the same. We're looking for an audible indicator, and move away from visual ones. 
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Jeff
>
> Jeff Archambeault
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