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List:       kde-kant
Subject:    [Kde-kant] Bug#31971: suggestions for file-list behavior changes
From:       dave-kde () equill ! com
Date:       2001-09-01 22:29:53
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Package: kate
Version: KDE 2.2.0 
Severity: wishlist
Installed from:    RedHat RPMs
Compiler:          Not Specified
OS:                Not Specified
OS/Compiler notes: Not Specified

Here's an improvement suggestion for the file-list pane. It is based on my experience \
with TextPad on Windows, and is by no means the "right thing" to do. I do, however, \
think it would improve the usefulness of the pane for those of us who like to use the \
keyboard but also like windows-esque editors.

There are three steps:

1. When the file-list page goes from hidden to shown, it should acquire keyboard \
focus. (This seems to be implemented already.)

2. When the file-list pane is active, deselecting "file list" from the "settings" \
menu should NOT bring up the fileselector. Instead, the file list should simply go \
away.

3. The up/down arrow keys should scroll through entries in the list. Currently they \
do this, but unfortunately once you've moved up or down a single entry, focus is \
given back to the main editing pane. Instead, focus should stay with the file-list \
pane until the user hits return. As the user scrolls through the file list, the \
selected file should be brought to the foreground but not given focus.

I may try my hand at implementing this, but I'm completely new to kde and am having \
proplems running ./configure in the kdebase directory...

-dave

(Submitted via bugs.kde.org)

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