- From: Gregory J. Rosmaita <oedipus@hicom.net>
- Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2009 20:55:45 +0000
- To: Sean Hayes <Sean.Hayes@microsoft.com>, "wai-xtech@w3.org" <wai-xtech@w3.org>, "w3c-wai-pf@w3.org" <w3c-wai-pf@w3.org>
aloha, sean! chapter and verse of the minutes where this discussion took place: http://www.w3.org/2008/12/08-pf-minutes.html#item08 (actually, the discussion begins about a third of the way into the TOPIC, due to failure to declare a new topic: Drag'n'Drop if you review the minutes, you will disciver that i originally did propose re-using copy and cut commands for selecting items, grabbing them, and dropping them -- it was the overwhelming response of those on the ARIA call at which this was discussed that control+V and control+C have specific meanings outside of the drag'n'drop concept that should not impinge on the drag'n'drop operation, hence my suggestion that the user: 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... i hope this helps, gregory. ---------------------------------------------------------------- CONSERVATIVE, n. A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from the Liberal, who wishes to replace them with others. -- Ambrose Bierce, _The Devil's Dictionary_ ---------------------------------------------------------------- Gregory J. Rosmaita, oedipus@hicom.net Camera Obscura: http://www.hicom.net/~oedipus/index.html ---------------------------------------------------------------- ---------- Original Message ----------- From: Sean Hayes <Sean.Hayes@microsoft.com> To: "Gregory J. Rosmaita" <oedipus@hicom.net>, "wai-xtech@w3.org" <wai- xtech@w3.org>, "w3c-wai-pf@w3.org" <w3c-wai-pf@w3.org> Sent: Mon, 5 Jan 2009 20:33:36 +0000 Subject: RE: drag'n'drop is grab'n'drop for non-visual users > maybe I'm missing something obvious, but how is this different > to copy (or cut) and paste? > > Sean > > proposed keystrokes for action: > > "grab" = Modifier/ Control / Command / Whatever plus g > "drop" = Modifier/ Control / Command/ Whatever plus d > > items are selected, grabbed, then focus is moved to where > they need to be stroke on the author-designated target, or wherever > the user wants them to be dropped ------- End of Original Message -------
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