Sorry, I guess I wasn't clear enough (and thanks for the pointer because none of the previous writeups were clear enough either.)
The 8 seconds should only be timed from the first keypress. If any action takes place within the first 8 seconds then slowkeys should never be invoked until the key is raised and pressed again. Gregg -- ------------------------------ Gregg C Vanderheiden Ph.D. Professor - Ind. Engr. & BioMed Engr. Director - Trace R & D Center University of Wisconsin-Madison -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bill Haneman Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2005 3:53 AM To: Gregg Vanderheiden Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: Undesired slow-keys popup Gregg Vanderheiden wrote: >That is a bug > >Slowkeys should turn on only if key is held down for 8 seconds and there is >NO action on the keyboard or mouse. > >Ditto for StickKeys. 5 shift keys with NO other keys and NO mouse use. > > I am pretty certain that is the current behavior. I think that the reporter is just holding Shift down for 8 second periods 'in between' mouse operations, thus triggering the popup. Bill > > >Gregg > > -- ------------------------------ >Gregg C Vanderheiden Ph.D. >Professor - Ind. Engr. & BioMed Engr. >Director - Trace R & D Center >University of Wisconsin-Madison > > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jazz Daq >Sent: Friday, July 22, 2005 3:58 AM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Undesired slow-keys popup > >Hi, > >I use the keyboard accessibility features, in particular, Mouse Keys. >However, there is an accessibility feature that I find particularly >annoying: > >If accessibility and Mouse Keys are enabled, and you hold down the shift key >for more than 8 seconds, a popup appears, requesting: > > "Would you like to activate Slow Keys?" > >When using certain applications, it is quite common to hold the shift key or >another key down for 8 seconds during normal work, for multiple graphical >item selection, for example. The unwanted appearance of the Slow Keys >dialog is quite annoying. In addition to its annoying presence, it causes >the keyboard to stop working in all applications until you press Cancel. > >I would recommend disabling this automatic popup, or allowing the user to >selectively disable it. I think the former solution is better, because if a >user is able to turn on keyboard accessibility he/she can also turn on Slow >Keys manually. > >Thanks for considering this request. Best regards, > >Dave. > > > > >____________________________________________________ >Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page >http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs > >_______________________________________________ >gnome-accessibility-list mailing list >[email protected] >http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-accessibility-list > >_______________________________________________ >gnome-accessibility-list mailing list >[email protected] >http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-accessibility-list > > _______________________________________________ gnome-accessibility-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-accessibility-list _______________________________________________ gnome-accessibility-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-accessibility-list
