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List:       kfm-devel
Subject:    Re: Second part of Bug #1780
From:       "Troy Unrau" <jhtd () mts ! net>
Date:       1999-08-24 5:22:02
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Shift-Tab cycles backwards through frame focus, and no, an autocomplete
feature should not breaK other controls.

Troy


> Greetings,
>
> Second part of bug# 1780.
>
> >Trained by other browsers, I often try to hit Tab to move the focus,
> >but in KFM Tab seems to put the focus in the Location field, and then
> >leave it there -- as far as I can tell there's no way to move the
> >focus onto the actual content except with the mouse.  (I'm a keyboard
> >person.)
>
> CASUE(S):
> The reason for this problem is the unix shell like local URL completion
feature
> built into the widget used for entering URLs (Location Box). The widget,
> called KLined, uses the CTRL-S and TAB keys to complete names while CTRL-D
is
> used for rotating through all available entries under a given path.
> Unfortunately, this breaks Qt's  ( as well as most modern toolkits ) TAB
> based widget focus events.
>
> RESOLUTION(S):
> One way to resolve the issue is to make the URL completion feature
optional but
> on by default.  This would allow us to turn it off in kfmgui.  Another
would be
> to make it configurable so that is accepts the key combinations to be used
for
> URL completion. Of course the defaults will be the current one's.  Would
any of
> these be acceptable changes ???
>
> DRAWBACK(S):
> I believe fixing the problem whichever way would cause binary
incompatibility??
> to apps linked against libkdeui and use KLined.  KSpellCheck is one
example,
> Minicli is another.
>
> WORKAROUND(S):
> User can use SHIFT-TAB instead.
>
> BTW, while working on this problem I also discovered another one.
> The short cut key for Edit->Select [CTRL-S] collides with KLined as well.
> Thus , pressing CTRL-S in the location box launches the select dialog box
> instead of performing the completion.  Should I switch the short cut key
for
> Edit->Select to [CTRL-M] (M stands for mark) ??
>
> Regards,
> Dawit A.
>

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