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On 6/4/2018 1:15 AM, Trevor Robertson wrote:
Hi, I like the simple useability of IDLE...
It would be great though (for somebody like me who is keyboard-focused
instead of mouse-focused):
If the sub-options inside this dialog (and others) e.g. "replace" /
"replace+find"/ "replace all" also had their own keyboard shortcuts (or
enabled you to define your own).
Find+replace is something you do quite often in a script.
Thanks so much
(Windows 10; Python 3.6.5)
IDLE uses the following standard for navigating dialogs, which was
discussed at https://bugs.python.org/issue27621
Escape closes the dialog.
Enter invokes the default action, which is specially marked with a
'default ring.
These two rules cover both actions buttons on the Search dialog.
These two rules are not currently implemented for the Settings dialog,
and maybe some others. https://bugs.python.org/issue27620
Shift Tab / Tab moves the dialog focus to the previous / next widget in
the focus cycle. The widget with focus has a cursor or a dashed focus ring.
Space clicks a (check)(radio)button that has focus.
For the multitab Settings dialog, the current tab is supposed to be part
of the focus cycle. When a tab has focus, one can move to other tabs
with left and right arrow. (However, changing the font sample box from
read-only label to editable text had the side-effect of intercepting tab
key presses, thus trapping focus in the sample box. I will try to fix
this.)
All of this should be documented in a new subsection of the Editing and
Navigation section of the IDLE doc chapter.
---
Adding dialog and widget specific shortcuts is trickier. I think the
best thing would be something like the menus, where pressing Alt
underlines the hotkey letter. I don't believe that I can make letters
on labels be underlined, but there are other ways to mark a letter: _A,
A_, or Ⓐ (\u24b6, etc). The circled letters would not change spacing
much. But fixing the standard navigation method is a higher priority to me.
--
Terry Jan Reedy
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