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Re: my open x11 issues
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Re: my open x11 issues


  • Subject: Re: my open x11 issues
  • From: Tim Cutts <email@hidden>
  • Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2003 15:46:34 +0100
  • Mail-followup-to: Tim Cutts <email@hidden>, email@hidden

On Mon, Apr 28, 2003 at 10:09:05AM -0400, Christopher J. White wrote:
> I couldn't agree more.  As a recent convert to the mac, it's the only
> feature I sorely miss.  Would it really be that hard for Apple to
> implement at least a basic key sequence to get keyboard focus to
> the menu?  It already supports arrow key manuevering once you
> click a menu with the mouse.  (Someone please correct me if
> I'm wrong...but I've not yet discovered any such key sequence).
> This goes right along with the problem of tabbing through a
> web form and it *skips* right over drop down items.

Actually, I've just discovered that there is a keyboard-access-to-menus
method, but it's not enabled by default, and it isn't very good either.
In Keyboard Preferences, enable "Turn on full keyboard access".  Then,
Ctrl+F2 will transfer focus to the menu, and you can navigate around
with the cursor keys.

It still doesn't respond to other keys (i.e. there's no equivalent to
the underlined characters in Windows menus) but it's better than
nothing.

--
Dr Tim Cutts
Informatics Systems Group
Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK
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  • Follow-Ups:
    • Re: my open x11 issues
      • From: Max Waterman <email@hidden>
References: 
 >my open x11 issues (From: "Josh Richards" <email@hidden>)
 >Re: my open x11 issues (From: Max Waterman <email@hidden>)
 >Re: my open x11 issues (From: Sean Ahern <email@hidden>)
 >Re: my open x11 issues (From: Tim Cutts <email@hidden>)
 >Re: my open x11 issues (From: email@hidden (Christopher J. White))

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