Here's an example of how you might activate the menu in a key press handler.
When the user presses Alt-Space and the menu is not currently active, the first
menu is shown and the user can navigate the menu via keyboard:
Frame frame = (Frame)component;
MenuBar menuBar = frame.getMenuBar();
if (menuBar != null
&& keyCode == Keyboard.KeyCode.SPACE
&& Keyboard.isPressed(Keyboard.Modifier.ALT)) {
MenuBar.Item activeItem = menuBar.getActiveItem();
MenuBar.ItemSequence items = menuBar.getItems();
if (activeItem == null
&& items.getLength() > 0) {
items.get(0).setActive(true);
}
}
I actually implemented this in TerraFrameSkin#keyPressed() - if you think it is
useful, I can commit it.
G
On Nov 5, 2010, at 4:17 PM, Greg Brown wrote:
> What you are describing is called a mnemonic:
>
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb158536.aspx
>
> There are no current plans to implement such a feature. However, it should be
> easy enough to wire up a key event listener that will open the menu bar - the
> user could use the arrow or tab keys to navigate the menu system from there.
>
> On Nov 5, 2010, at 4:10 PM, ocean ocean wrote:
>
>> Not sure what you mean. I can create global keyboard shortcuts as described
>> in the MenuBars tutorial. I mean ability to press 'Alt' and have that
>> underline top-level menus, then press 'F' to pop open the File menu. So
>> users can navigate the menu structure without reaching for the mouse. Just
>> curious if this is something planned or not.
>>
>> On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 4:06 PM, Greg Brown <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Windows-style mnemonics are not supported, but Mac-style keyboard shortcuts
>> are. See the Menu Bars tutorial for more info.
>>
>> On Nov 5, 2010, at 3:50 PM, ocean ocean wrote:
>>
>>> I understand according to (
>>> http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/pivot-user/201010.mbox/%[email protected]%3e
>>> ) menu accelerators aren't built in yet. Keyboard navigability is pretty
>>> important for my apps so I was just curious if this was in the plans...
>>
>>
>
