It could probably be done but not without some modifications to the Form and Label classes. Form doesn't provide direct access to the field labels, and Label doesn't currently provide a way to underline a single character.
Could you perhaps add a tooltip to each field that shows the shortcut key? On Nov 5, 2010, at 9:30 PM, ocean ocean wrote: > Alright that makes sense. If I wanted to make it so that the mnemonic for the > form field was underlined how difficult would that be? I imagine it'd mean > drawing my own form labels somehow that are created by the Form.label field? > > On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 9:12 PM, Greg Brown <[email protected]> wrote: > There's no automated way to do it, but it is pretty easy to do - just add a > key listener to the form (or some other ancestor) and set focus to whatever > form elements you want. > G > > > On Nov 5, 2010, at 7:43 PM, ocean ocean wrote: > >> 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... >>>> >>>> >>> >> >> >> > >
