OK, sounds like so far there is agreement that we should preserve the existing Tab/focus transfer behavior but add (possibly configurable) support for Ctrl-Tab to insert tab spaces. Anyone else want to comment?
BTW Sandro, Shift-Tab to transfer focus backwards is already supported. G On Nov 16, 2010, at 7:37 PM, Roger Whitcomb wrote: > But, having said that, I'd still like to have a way to switch it because > there seems to be significant places that do it the other way around. > > ~Roger Whitcomb > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Nov 16, 2010, at 4:28 PM, Roger Whitcomb <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> This also agrees with the GNOME UI guidelines: >> >> For example, do not use basic Tab keyboard navigation in a dialog to >> activate any actions associated with a control. >> >> (from http://library.gnome.org/devel/hig-book/stable/input-keyboard.html.en) >> >> ~Roger Whitcomb >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Nov 16, 2010, at 3:59 PM, Sandro Martini <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> like Greg I'd prefer to keep Tab to transfer focus between components >>> (Tab forward, and maybe even <Shift>Tab to transfer focus backward), >>> and using other key combinations to handle special cases like inside >>> TextArea (so I agree even on the proposed <Ctrl>Tab to handle special >>> cases like those described here inside TextArea). >>> >>> Bye, >>> Sandro
