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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: Access keys
From:       David Faure <faure () kde ! org>
Date:       2007-03-29 18:40:25
Message-ID: 200703292040.25445.faure () kde ! org
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On Thursday 29 March 2007, Thiago Macieira wrote:
> Krzysztof Lichota wrote:
> >Please keep in mind that right Alt is used in Polish keyboard layout to
> >enter Polish letters (with Shift to make capital letters), so it should
> >be limited to left Alt only. I hope no keyboard layout uses left alt
> >with shift :)
> 
> The right Alt key isn't Alt. It's AltGr. That's a different key and 
> doesn't clash.
> 
> It's never used to open menus or serves as a modifier for other keys. It 
> simply enables the third and fourth level symbols on your keyboard 
> layout.

But not all keyboards have it. 
My right Alt (en_US thinkpad) is really a normal Alt and not an AltGr.
It opens the menu, etc.

-- 
David Faure, faure@kde.org, sponsored by Trolltech to work on KDE,
Konqueror (http://www.konqueror.org), and KOffice (http://www.koffice.org).
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