Hi all,
On Sunday, October 03, 1999, 2:17:13 AM (-5 GMT), Thomas scribbled:
> PgUp doesn't seem to work here. I have the focus on the message list,
> with the message opreview pane open. I read the messages with the
> space bar. As clause pointed out, if you hit the sp one time too many,
> and you want to go back up in the same message, you have scroll up
> with the mouse.
> I jsut tried using the PgUp key. It work when your focus is in the
> message, alright. But once you get past the end of the message and
> into the next (using the space bar), the focus switches into the
> message list. PgUp will take you into a completely different message
> one page up in the message list, not one page up in your current
> message.
> What Clause is looking for, is a key (or combo) to undo the spacebar
> hit, or to reverse it. I second that wish.
I see what you mean. You should be able to do it all maneuvers with
either the message list in focus or the message preview pane in focus.
This seems to even strengthen the need for a solution to something.
There needs to be an easy way to read these messages. It is visually
better to scroll than to jump from one page to another since you have to
locate where you left off in the previous page. I guess one gets used to
anything. :-)))
A mouse scroll-wheel seems to be the best solution. You simply scroll
back and forth with a finger. The keyboard OTOH, uses this combo, that
if not used correctly can lead to totally different responses. For
instance, if you are focused on the message list, move to the next
message with the arrow down button and then read with the alt+arrow down
button. A lapse in holding down the alt button leads to being moved
inadvertently to the next message.
If I go through the message list with the message preview pane focused,
this mishap is prevented but, I'll have to navigate the message list
with the ctrl+arrow combo rather than just the arrow buttons. Reading
and selecting messages are therefore done with keyboard combos rather
than single keys. Grrr.
All this ranting in the quest for perfection. :-))))
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