Re: [Usability] Use of C-PageUp/Down to move between tabs

[Calum Benson <Calum Benson Sun COM>]

On 7 Jun 2006, at 23:55, Bill Wohler wrote:

> I think it is common to use C-PageUp and C-PageDown to move between
> tabs (for example, Galeon). Is this true?
>
> The latest version of GnuCash has tabs, and I'd like to be able to use
> keyboard navigation to move between them. Note that the tabs have
> different views using different GTK widgets. Currently, some of the
> tabs, such as the account tree view, allow C-M-PageUp and
> C-M-PageDown.
>
> Should the developers override the GtkTreeView widget so that
> C-PageUp and C-PageDown move between the tabs? Should this widget be
> fixed so that these keystrokes move between tabs by default? Or,
> something else entirely?

Well, Ctrl-Alt-PgUp/PgDn is the documented[1] alternative for places  
that Ctrl-PgUp/PgDn doesn't/can't work (i.e. because of the focused  
control using Ctrl-PgUp/PgDn itself).  Unless we can come up with a  
plan for avoiding the collisions that require the use of Alt in some  
situations, I'd recommend sticking with the current consistent-if-a- 
little-clunky behaviour, rather than overriding it in some places but  
(inevitably) not others.

Cheeri,
Calum.

[1] http://www.gnome.org/learn/access-guide/latest/ 
keynav-23.html#keynav-33
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