Perhaps the repeat rate settings will help. Go to the keyboard settings in Control Panel and set the Repeat Delay a step longer.
--- Dawn Oakes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I can confirm, but I believe that's how it's supposed to behave. There > was a discussion about the timing issue some months ago on the list. > There needs to be a cut off time between keystrokes. I believe someone > suggested an enhancement allowing you to be able to increase / decrease > the time setting, but I'm not sure anyone actually requested it. > > Dawn > > -----Original Message----- > From: David M. Blocker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, February 18, 2005 12:39 PM > To: RBG7-L Mailing List > Subject: [RBG7-L] - RE: Fw: [RBG7-L] - Re: Choose menu > > Dawn > > Hmm > > Since my results and yours were different in 7.1 I went back and tried > it again. > > It seems it's TIME sensitive. > > With walkmenu OFF, If you hit C once, then pause, then hit C again, it > stays put. But if you hit C rapidly in succession, it moves down the > list as it does in 6.5++!! Pause again and hit C, and it goes back to > the top of the C list! > > Same with with Walkmenu ON: type quickly and it moves down the list as > you'd expect. Pause between keystrokes, and the second letter takes you > to the top of the list of entries starting with THAT letter! > > Ie, in the list > > Arthur > Ashton > Bill > Bob > Carol > Cassie > Charlie > > CAS in rapid succession takes you to Carol then to Cassie > > C, pause A, takes you to Carol then to Arthur! > > This is build 7.1.79.30214 > > Can you confirm this? > > Dick, you may be onto something after all > > If yes, Razzak is this a "feature" or a problem? > > David Blocker > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 781-784-1919 > Fax: 781-784-1860 > Cell: 339-206-0261 > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dawn Oakes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "RBG7-L Mailing List" <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, February 18, 2005 1:18 PM > Subject: [RBG7-L] - RE: Fw: [RBG7-L] - Re: Choose menu > > > Dick > On my system, with walkmenu OFF, my choose works as you are expecting. > When I press 'c', it goes to the first item in the list that starts with > c. If I press c again, it goes to the next item starting with c. > However, with walkmenu ON, when I press c, it goes to the first c, but > when I press c again, it doesn't move. That's because I don't have any > item that starts with 'cc'. I'm running update 7.1.79.30214. > Dawn > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dick Fey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, February 18, 2005 1:08 PM > To: RBG7-L Mailing List > Subject: [RBG7-L] - Fw: [RBG7-L] - Re: Choose menu > > Razzak: > > Walkmenu does not affect what I am talking about.. > > In 6.5, pressing a letter 'c' for example goes to the first 'c' item, > pressing it a second time moves down the 'c's one line. press 'c' again > & down one more line etc. > > Walkmenu follows the letters in ONE line item > > Dick Fey > > > > At 10:58 AM 2/18/2005, Dick Fey wrote: > > > >>Question: > >> > >>Create a choose menu in 6.5 ,and when the user presses 'c' for > >>example, the select line goes to the first 'C'. > >>If they continue to press 'c', it moves line by line down the 'c' > choices. > >> > >>In 7.1 that does not happen. > >> > >>Walkmenu does not seem to make any difference. > >> > >>Is there a way to change this behavior? > > > > > > Dick, > > > > Here's how: > > > > 01. Make sure that you are using the latest release > > http://www.rbase.com/rbg7updates > > > > 02. SET WALKMENU ON > > > > That's all there is to it! > > > > Very Best R:egards, > > > > Razzak. > > > > > > > > > > ===== Albert Berry Management Consultant RR2 - 1252 Ponderosa Drive Sparwood BC, V0B 2G2 Canada (250) 425-5806 (250) 425-7259 (708) 575-3952 (fax) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
