Elijah Newren wrote:
> On 9/12/06, Maurizio Colucci <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> if I enable sticky keys (control panel -> keyboard -> accessibility), I
>> loose the ability to ALT-TAB (unless, of course, I keep ALT pressed, which
>> defeats the purpose of using sticky keys). Is there any way to switch the
>> active window with the keyboard which does not require holding buttons?
>> Thanks for any help.
>>
>
> If you have sticky keys enabled, you should be able to "make alt be
> pressed and held" (not sure if this has a technical term) by hitting
> alt twice. Then hit tab however many times you need. Then "release
> alt" by hitting alt again. In other words, to get the behavior
> equivalent to
> <press-alt>-<tab>-<tab>-<tab>-<release-alt>
> but with sticky keys, you would instead use the key sequence
> <alt>-<alt>-<tab>-<tab>-<tab>-<alt>
>
> Hope that helps,
> Elijah
>
I would expect it to work with just one press of Alt. That is the way it
works on MS Windows and I think it is convenient. Is there any reason
that it should be harder on GNOME?
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