Hi :) Thanks for seeking feedback from here before posting a bug-report/feature-request. As you know, sometimes a change in behaviour is required to consolidate inconsistent behaviour or to smooth out other coding, or to keep-up with current trends in other, similar(ish) programs or happens somewhat unintentionally. Usually any such changes are noted in the change-log, neatly re-written at; https://www.libreoffice.org/download/release-notes/
LibreOffice/OpenOffice is over 10 years old and a lot has changed in that time. Hopefully the newer ways are easy to adapt to and are an improvement. Where that is not the case it's fairly easy to post a bug-report although carefully phrasing it as a feature-request seems to have more chance of attracting interest. So, please give it a fair go but feel free to post a bug-report/feature-request now that you've narrowed it down to being a change-of-focus issue. Good luck and regards from Tom :) On 14 May 2016 at 07:42, Ady Ady <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, May 13, 2016 at 7:48 PM, V Stuart Foote > > @Ady, * > > > > I just did a clean /a admin install of LO 5.0.6.3 x64 on Windows 8.1 > > > > While in the StartCenter -- icon bar on left or in the thumbnail preview > > pane-- with this new user profile the .UI accelerators for the > StartCenter > > (<alt>+o, r, e, d, s, p, r, m, a, l, and x) all function as intended. > > > > There has been a change now implemented for the 5.0 releases (not sure > > which commit) where the <alt> key toggles from the StartCenter to the > Main > > menu bar. The <alt> key now has the toggle focus action that F10 alone > > previously had. > > > > Even so, the main Menu accelerators (<alt>+f, t, and h) still open their > > assigned menus. > > > > So, really do not see any issue here. > > > > And of course this is mute, as 5.0 is entering EOL with the 5.0.6.3 > release. > > For the current 5.1 releases, the StartCenter accelerators have been > > reassigned--any dev work or BZ reporting should be against that branch. > > > > Stuart > > > > > > > > -- > > Thank you very much for your reply. > > In my prior email, I forgot to mention that testing with "Alt+d" generates > the same behavior as with "d" alone; i.e. Writer 5.0.6.3 initially fails to > open. > > Based on your comments, I performed the following test: > > 1_ With all LibreOffice closed, I opened LibreOffice 5.0.6.3 > ("soffice.exe"). > 2_ Press F10. The menu receives focus. > 3_ Press F10 again. The sidebar receives focus. > 4_ Press "d". Writer is successfully opened. > > I repeated the test, replacing F10 with Alt. Same behavior. > > I repeated the test, replacing "d" with "Alt+d". Same behavior. > > So my conclusion would be that the difference between the 4.4.x (and older) > branch(es) and 5.0.6.3 is that the initial focus has changed. Wherever the > initial focus is located in 5.0.6.3, the shortcut keys shown in the sidebar > are _not_ valid for it. Changing the focus to the sidebar will allow the > shortcuts to be correctly used. > > I am not ready to update to 5.1.x yet. I hope the shortcut keys will be > valid immediately after opening LibreOffice (as it used to be in the 4.4.x > and older branches), instead of having to move the focus first. Whether > this > means expanding the validity of the shortcut keys to additional areas of > the > user interface, or changing the default initial focus to be located on the > sidebar, or some other alternative, I do not know. > > Thank you, > Ady. > > -- > To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] > Problems? > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be > deleted > -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
