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Re: drag'n'drop is grab'n'drop for non-visual users

From: Patrick H. Lauke <redux@splintered.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:01:37 +0000
Message-ID: <49627531.6010302@splintered.co.uk>
To: "Gregory J. Rosmaita" <oedipus@hicom.net>
CC: "wai-xtech@w3.org" <wai-xtech@w3.org>, "w3c-wai-pf@w3.org" <w3c-wai-pf@w3.org>

Gregory J. Rosmaita wrote:

> 1. be able to select items to grab using the "standard" commands: 
> SHIFT plus SpaceBar to select sequentially and CONTROL plus SpaceBar to
> select non-consecutive items
> 
> 2. be able to grab items using the MODIFIER plus G keystroke AFTER 
> selecting the objects to be moved/copied;
> 
> 3. be able to drop items on a designated target using the MODIFIER plus
> D keystroke, once the target is in focus...

Coming to this completely cold, not having followed the discussion: 
could points 2 and 3 be performed by the same key - one key to command 
to both "pick up and put down" items? I'm thinking ENTER perhaps.

P
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