I may also have missed this in the tutorial but is it possible to set keyboard shortcuts to jump around different controls in a Form? I'm looking at the javadoc and nothing jumps out at me.
Thanks, On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 7:19 PM, ocean ocean <[email protected]> wrote: > 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... >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >
