On Sat, 14 Feb 2009 08:42:57 +0100, Joe(theWordy)Philbrook <[email protected]>
wrote:
>
> It would appear that on Feb 12, Kim Woelders did say:
>
>> You can disable the menu "pointer warp" in the Menu Settings dialog.
>>
>> >> Trough the bindings file, you can have your menu at-a-key; I don't
>> see
>> >> how you could pre-define where it would pop though...
>> >
>> As is the menu pop-up position is determined by the pointer position
>> (and the "Always pop up menus on screen" setting).
>
> Thank you Kim. disabling "warp" helps... The menu on screen setting
> winds up with my menus sometimes not being visible and therefore is
> not suitable for my needs...
>
> Still If I can just remember to sling my mouse pointer towards the
> upper left corner of my screen before tapping out a keyboard shortcut
> then disabling warp will work for me...
>
> There is another small thing I'm hoping you could give me a clue
> about... "Buttons" and such config screens and some pop-ups...
> Is there any way to select them with the keyboard???
> Most of these don't bother me too much in e16 as they are large
> enough, and I don't use them often enough for my issues with mouse
> activities to become an actual "problem" But I would dearly love to
> be able to tab my way to the column of buttons in the "Enlightenment
> Settings" pop-up, arrow down to the particular category {such as the
> "Menus" button} select it with enter, Then tab my way to the list of
> options and then arrow down to the "warp pointer" choice, then check
> or uncheck it with the enter key. and finally tab my to the apply
> button...
>
> Heck even if only the tab worked and it went through all the choices,
> I could select "Menu Settings" from the settings menu and tab my way
> to the "warp pointer" choice...
>
Yeah, that is not implemented. I have seen the configuration dialogs as places
you go once in a while to adjust something but not stay long enough to become
annoyed about having to use the mouse.
You can of course avoid using the mouse entirely by using "eesh" (see "eesh
help" and README-0.16.8).
/Kim
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