Re: [Usability] Usability issue with the GTK tree view

[Calum Benson <Calum Benson Sun COM>]

On Sat, 2007-04-21 at 18:36 +0300, Ilya Konstantinov wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> My question concerns the GTK tree view in XChat's server selection
> dialog. In day-to-day XChat use, the keyboard operation within the
> server selection dialog is:
> 1. Use arrow keys <Up> and <Down> to select the server. 
> 2. Connect to the selected server.
> 
> The intuitive key I'd use to connect would be <Enter> (i.e. the
> "accept" key of the dialog). However, in GTK tree views, <Enter> is
> bound to editing the menu item. While editing the IRC servers list is
> possible in XChat, the <Enter> key has a better use in this dialog. 

One solution is covered by the proposal in
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=106545 ; it doesn't look like
the gtk+ developers are going to implement it anytime soon, though.

Cheeri,
Calum.

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