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On Wednesday 07 May 2003 22:58, Olaf Jan Schmidt wrote:
> As an example of the currently situation of keyboard accessibility of
> KDE, I compiled a list of accessibility obstacles I found in KMail
> and in KDE generally (using KDE 3.1.1).
>
> KMail:

Please submit a few bug reports. Else we will probably forget one of=20
these issues.

> 1. The context-menu key works for the mime tree and for the e-mail
> list, but not for the folder list, the attachments and the e-mails
> themselves.

> 2. It is impossible to change the sorting order of=20
> e-mails using the keyboard. (This refers to all sorted lists in KDE
> programs.)

Well, obviously we need a KDE wide solution for this (KListView or even=20
Qt (QListView/QHeader)).

> 3. In some languages (e.g. German), the same accelerators=20
> are used for the editor window and the menu, meaning that part of the
> menu is inaccessible.

=2D> contact kde-i18n-de

> 4. The tab key usage is inconsistent in the e-mail editor - sometimes
> the key moves the focus to the next GUI element, sometimes a
> character is added to the e-mail message. The right column of GUI
> elements is completely inaccessible using the keyboard.

The first part is nonsense. Of course the Tab key can be used to switch=20
between different GUI elements unless you are in the text input field.=20
How else do you want to enter a tabulator in the text input field. All=20
KDE programs which have windows with several GUI elements and some text=20
input fields have this behavior.

The second part is of course a valid problem.

> 5. Attachments can be added, but only the last attachment can be
> changed or deleted using the keyboard.

Yeah, that's a bit stupid.

> 6. It is impossible to switch between different parts of the mime
> tree using only the keyboard.

True.

> 7. E-Mails cannot be opened in a seperate window using the keyboard.

True.

> 8. The tab order of the GUI elements in the filter configuration is
> very strange when using more then two parameters.

We already have a bug report for this.

> 9. There don't seem to be shortcuts for directly moving the tab
> cursor to the e-mail list, the folder list, the mime tree ot the
> attachments of a mail. ("Tabbing" through a whole HTML message just
> to access an attachment takes a very long time.)

Yeah. Switching focus between the different panes in the main window=20
could really be easier.

> 10. The toolbar is not accessible using the mouse. (This refers to
> all of KDE, but it is OK as long as all functions are accessible
> using the menu.)

All toolbar icons represent actions. And those actions can be bound to=20
arbitrary keyboard shortcuts. So this isn't really a problem IMO.

Regards,
Ingo




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