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List:       kfm-devel
Subject:    Re: Second part of Bug #1780
From:       Dawit Alemayehu <adawit () earthlink ! net>
Date:       1999-08-26 3:19:52
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On Tue, 24 Aug 1999, Troy Unrau wrote:
> Shift-Tab cycles backwards through frame focus, 

I know !!  IT is only a workaround.  I stated that because the bug reporter
said "-- as far as I can tell there's no way to move the focus onto the actual
content except with the mouse."  This is clearly not correct because SHIFT-TAB
works (backward cycling works).  It is only forward cycling that is broken.

> and no, an autocomplete feature should not breaK other controls.

Right.  This is exactly what this bug report is about and what I am trying to
solve ...
  
> 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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