Yeah, I added it to TerraFrameSkin. You could do it at the app level by registering a key listener, but if I check it in you'd just get it for free. Seems like a reasonable feature to me - let me know what you think.
On Nov 5, 2010, at 7:19 PM, ocean ocean 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... >>> >>> >> > >
