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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Fwd: Kwrite and  <alt> key function problem
From:       Anders Lund <anders () alweb ! dk>
Date:       2006-07-30 19:46:21
Message-ID: 200607302146.24426.anders () alweb ! dk
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I forward this to kde-devel, in the hope that someone there knows an answer.

All I can say is that my resonably up to date KDE version behaves as you 
describes, that is pressing ALT alternately highlights the File menu and the 
formuer focused window.

Maybe your problem is mandrake sepcific?

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Subject: Kwrite and  <alt> key function problem
Date: Sunday 30 July 2006 07:55
From: rwd Nickalls <dicknickalls@compuserve.com>
To: Anders Lund <anders@alweb.dk>, dick nickalls <dicknickalls@compuserve.com>

Dear Anders Lund,

just a note to ask if you can tell me  why
the <Alt> key fails to access the FILE  item on the
 navigation toolbar in the new Kwrite and also in
 KDE windows generally (Mandriva 2006).

In Mandrake 9.2 this worked well, and allowed
you to work from the keyboard without the mouse for most things.
In 9.2  pressing the <Alt> key /only/,  toggles between highlighting the
FILE heading and the where the cursor was before.

Looking through the HOME /.kde/.../config/ directories I can't find a file
where this is specified.
Am I able to reimplement it - if so what command do I need to write
and what file do I need to place it in?

I have looked through the Mandriva lists, but they only mention the
problem with <Alt+PageRight> etc , but this is a quite different problem
altogether.
I am concerned with implementing the earlier functionality of the
 single action of the <Alt> key itself, which was so useful in previous
versions.

Perhaps this is really a central KDE keyboard problem,
and not a Kwrite problem specifically  ?
I am using a Dell 101/102 key keyboard - but the <Alt> key worked
OK with Mandrake 9.2 with this /same/ keyboard though.

Any help would be appreciated

best wishes,
Dick

Dr RWD Nickalls
Department of Anaesthesia,
City Hosital Campus,
Nottingham University Hospitals,
Nottingham, UK
email:  dicknickalls@compuserve.com
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