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List:       freedesktop-xdg
Subject:    Re: keyboard shortcuts
From:       Pat Suwalski <pat () suwalski ! net>
Date:       2004-08-11 18:13:28
Message-ID: 411A61C8.5050005 () suwalski ! net
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Martin Konold wrote:
> I assume that whenever you use the keyboard based text selection you firstly 
> use the mouse to point to the relevant area (focus selection on the text 
> area)?!

Since you've brought this up twice now:

No.

I, and many people I know, use the Tab key to get to the entry box. It's 
really much faster on a laptop instead of using the touchpad, especially 
for forms you use every day.

Between form fields, it is also much quicker to use tab and shift-tab to 
go to the next and previous one.

In fact, I hardly ever use the mouse in my browser.

I think that was Claes said about Ctrl-Tab mirroring the behaviour of 
Alt-Tab is very important. Shift-Left/Right has no metaphor or 
interaction/usability 'parent', and conflicts with functions that have 
been used in text entry for at least two decades.

--Pat

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