Re: [Usability] Keyboard navigation / control proposal?

[Havoc Pennington <hp redhat com>]

Jeff Waugh <jdub perkypants org> writes:
> Hey all,
> 
> Has anyone done anything about keyboard navigation / control? I can't see
> one on the proposal page, other than the relevant bits in the dialogue
> proposal.
> 
> There's a fair amount of could- or must-fixable stuff to do. Some things off
> the top of my head:
> 
>   * common menu shortcuts
>   * scope of alt and ctrl keybindings
>   * standard (or 'preferred') WM keybindings
>   * aiming for familiar results from modifier keys
>   * should we provide key mappings for users familiar with other GUIs?
> 
> Can anyone point to existing GUP stuff, or is this off the mustfix list for
> 2.0?

It's under GAP not GUP. http://developer.gnome.org/projects/gap/,
there's a huge keybindings table there.

I have a lot of opinions on how the WM keynav should work ;-) See
Metacity for a rough draft. There are some missing bits still though.

Havoc