- From: David Bolter <david.bolter@utoronto.ca>
- Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2008 11:48:49 -0400
- To: Christophe Strobbe <christophe.strobbe@esat.kuleuven.be>
- CC: wai-xtech@w3.org
Christophe Strobbe wrote: > > Hi Joseph, > > (Replying only to XTech list.) > > At 17:12 29/07/2008, Joseph Scheuhammer wrote: > >> Here's an attempt at summarizing one of the problems, and a possible >> compromise. >> >> Currently Tab/Shift+Tab is used to move among large chunks of the >> page or web app. This is pretty much the convention in the style guide. >> Arrow keys are used to navigate within widgets. >> >> It would be very useful to have quick navigation among editable cells >> in a grid and not force users to navigate "endlessly" to them using >> the arrow keys. However, if the number of editable cells is >> numerous, using Tab to move among them leads to a sense of being >> trapped if one wants to navigate through and outside of the grid >> quickly. >> >> Would the following work as a compromise? >> >> - Use Tab/Shift+Tab to move in and out of widgets, as before. >> >> - Use arrows to navigate within widgets, as before. >> >> - Use Ctrl+Tab to move within a grid quickly among editable cells. >> >> I'm suggesting Ctrl+Tab instead of Jon's Ctrl+Enter since it includes >> "Tab" and that conjures up navigation. >> >> However, it's entirely possible that Ctrl+Tab may already be taken by >> the OS or the browser. > > Some browsers use Ctrl+Tab to switch between tabs (in tabbed > navigation). At least Firefox, Opera and SeaMonkey do this. > Ctrl+Tab takes you to the next tab, Shift+Ctrl+Tab takes you to the > previous tab. > > Right. Actually how come we don't specify Ctrl+Tab in the "Tab Panel" section of the style guide? Note: we adopt this combination in dojo for tab panels. cheers, David > Best regards, > > Christophe > > >> In that case, perhaps the square bracket keys, ] and [, could be used >> to denote forward and backward motion, and be used to navigate among >> editable cells. >> >> -- >> ;;;;joseph >> >> 'This is not war -- this is pest control!' >> - "Doomsday", Dalek Leader - >
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