That's pretty cool. I do think it would be useful as my users are pretty big on keyboard navigability. Where did you put that code, in some sort of key listener on the frame itself?
On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 7:00 PM, Greg Brown <[email protected]> wrote: > Here's an example of how you might activate the menu in a key press > handler. When the user presses Alt-Space and the menu is not currently > active, the first menu is shown and the user can navigate the menu via > keyboard: > > Frame frame = (Frame)component; > MenuBar menuBar = frame.getMenuBar(); > > if (menuBar != null > && keyCode == Keyboard.KeyCode.SPACE > && Keyboard.isPressed(Keyboard.Modifier.ALT)) { > MenuBar.Item activeItem = menuBar.getActiveItem(); > MenuBar.ItemSequence items = menuBar.getItems(); > > if (activeItem == null > && items.getLength() > 0) { > items.get(0).setActive(true); > } > } > > I actually implemented this in TerraFrameSkin#keyPressed() - if you think > it is useful, I can commit it. > > G > > On Nov 5, 2010, at 4:17 PM, Greg Brown wrote: > > What you are describing is called a mnemonic: > > http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb158536.aspx > > There are no current plans to implement such a feature. However, it should > be easy enough to wire up a key event listener that will open the menu bar - > the user could use the arrow or tab keys to navigate the menu system from > there. > > On Nov 5, 2010, at 4:10 PM, ocean ocean wrote: > > Not sure what you mean. I can create global keyboard shortcuts as described > in the MenuBars tutorial. I mean ability to press 'Alt' and have that > underline top-level menus, then press 'F' to pop open the File menu. So > users can navigate the menu structure without reaching for the mouse. Just > curious if this is something planned or not. > > On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 4:06 PM, Greg Brown <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Windows-style mnemonics are not supported, but Mac-style keyboard >> shortcuts are. See the Menu Bars tutorial for more info. >> >> On Nov 5, 2010, at 3:50 PM, ocean ocean wrote: >> >> I understand according to ( >> http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/pivot-user/201010.mbox/%[email protected]%3e >> ) >> menu accelerators aren't built in yet. Keyboard navigability is pretty >> important for my apps so I was just curious if this was in the plans... >> >> >> > > >
