https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=146925
Bug ID: 146925
Summary: How to use form controls by keyboard only? Description
is missing
Product: LibreOffice
Version: 7.0.4.2 release
Hardware: All
OS: All
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: normal
Priority: medium
Component: Documentation
Assignee: libreoffice-bugs@lists.freedesktop.org
Reporter: albrecht.muel...@astrail.de
CC: olivier.hal...@libreoffice.org
Depends on: 146906
The page
https://help.libreoffice.org/7.2/en-US/text/shared/guide/keyboard.html?DbPAR=SHARED
describes how to control LibreOffice using only the keyboard.
I did not find any description that explains how to control form controls by
keyboard. Here are some remarks about the missing content:
LibreOffice documents (text, spreadsheet, maybe others) may contain control
elements such as buttons, checkboxes etc. The author of the document may
associate shortcut keys with these controls which are also associated with user
interface functions. To resolve the resulting conflicts LibreOffice uses a two
state focus system:
a) The focus is in the document. If not defined otherwise this is the default
state. This state is accessible via the shortcut Ctrl+F6. The shortcut keys go
to the LibreOffice user interface. Shortcuts defined for controls in the
document are disabled. No control has a decoration indicating that it has the
focus.
b) The focus is on the controls. In this state the shortcut keys defined for
the controls in the document are active. There is one control with a visual
marker that indicates that this control has the focus. There are a couple of
keys (e.g. cursor keys) that allow to move the focus between different
controls. The blank key triggers the execution of the action associated with
the control that has the focus.
It should be possible reach state b) by pressing Ctrl+F5. This does not work
due to a conflict in the user interface: Ctrl+F5 is also defined to toggle the
sidebar. Thus the description should take into account how bug 146906 is
resolved.
Referenced Bugs:
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=146906
[Bug 146906] Keyboard shortcut conflict: Ctrl+F5
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