I've read the whole archive. Or at least all messages at the link[1] that John posted.
[1]http://mail.gnome.org/archives/usability/2004-September/msg00102.html Now, I see that you can use CTRL + L to open a location dialog. Then it is not as bad as I thought. But still as it was noted in the archive, somewhere the users must be informed about CTRL + L. What about have a Help button on the dialog? Or would that clutter to much? However in some way keyboard users must get to know the existence of CTRL + L. Just don't except keyboard users to know it without being told about it. *me reads your mail again and notice that you sates about the README file* OK, yes it is written down in /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/gtk/GtkFileChooser.html (is that what you meant with the README? `locate "Gtk*Readme GTK*README gtk*readme"` gave me nothing.) In Glade 2.6.8 I cant just type to find a file nor a dictionary. Greetings Leif Linse Ross Burton wrote: > On Thu, 2005-04-14 at 17:17 +0200, Leif wrote: > >>It seams like many softwares have removed the entry where you could >>input a file name (including path) via the keyboard from their save and >>load dialogs. Gimp and Glade are just two examples. >> >>For those happy mouse users out there that might lead to less confusion. >>However for keyboard users (like me) that is a big disappointment, that >>you MUST use the mouse to browse to file far a way. Now, in glade for >>example, you cant even press a key to jump to the first file that begins >>with that letter. >> >>I can't understand how it is possible to remove the file name entry, if >>you care about usability. But I might have missed something. > > > This has been discussed *excessively* so feel free to read the archive. > The keyboard navigation for the file chooser is documented in the > READMEE: with GTK+ 2.4 press control-l to get a completing entry box you > can type into, with GTK+ 2.6 you can just type to select files. > > Ross _______________________________________________ Usability mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability
