Re: [Usability] tab navigation standardization

[Karim A Nassar <Karim Nassar nau edu>]

On Thu, 27 Dec 2001, Stephen Waters wrote:

> Standardized tab acceleration keys. E.g.:
> 
> multi-gnome-terminal uses Shift+<arrow> to navigate opened tabs. 
> 
> In galeon, the "Tab" menu says "Ctrl+Prior" and "Ctrl+Next"... uh, I
> don't have "Prior" or "Next" keys on my keyboard! Eventually I figured
> out they meant "Ctrl+PgUp" and "Ctrl+PgDn". See galeon bug 67606.
> 
> I prefer the Shift+<arrow> approach, but I support any initiative to
> make them the same for every app.
> -s
> 

Since Alt-TAB usually cycles through windows, Ctrl-TAB seems like a nice
choice for cycling through tabs. GAIM already does this...

-- Karim Nassar