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Keyboard shortcut documentation #5

Closed alfa256 closed 4 years ago

alfa256 commented 9 years ago

I can't find information about the keyboard shortcuts, are they available?

jpaulm commented 9 years ago

Hi Alfredo,

Good question! What I have done is make the 3 functions at the top left (File, Edit, Help) respond to the Alt key. And I can also step through the parts of the screen using the tab key - with a lot of help from Bob Corrick), although it seems to take more tab steps than it should. I also seem to step through the icon types OK, but the enter key doesn't select them. I am guessing that this should be fixed...

Are there other shortcuts that would be useful? Just let me know.

HTH

Paul

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jpaulm commented 9 years ago

Also the alt-key combinations listed under File...

On Mon, Aug 3, 2015 at 9:07 AM, Paul Morrison jpaulmorr@gmail.com wrote:

Hi Alfredo,

Good question! What I have done is make the 3 functions at the top left (File, Edit, Help) respond to the Alt key. And I can also step through the parts of the screen using the tab key - with a lot of help from Bob Corrick), although it seems to take more tab steps than it should. I also seem to step through the icon types OK, but the enter key doesn't select them. I am guessing that this should be fixed...

Are there other shortcuts that would be useful? Just let me know.

HTH

Paul

On Sun, Aug 2, 2015 at 9:26 PM, alfa256 notifications@github.com wrote:

I can't find information about the keyboard shortcuts, are they available?

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alfa256 commented 9 years ago

I'm referring to actions in the right click menu as shortcuts, like adding/moving a bend and whatnot. Although I would prefer to move bends without any other actions other than dragging but that's for a different issue.

jpaulm commented 9 years ago

Oh sorry! Look in the Help facility - there is a list of actions for Blocks, and another one for Arrows. I think the lists are up to date...

jpaulm commented 9 years ago

Hello again Paul,

It's good to hear from you. I take my hat off to you for maintaining JavaFBP and DrawFBP: I'm sorry that I have not made time to test the latest versions (yet).

When we looked at keyboard operation in DrawFBP, I was thinking about convenience for opening and saving diagrams, in particular. It's likely that we'd be typing a file name or a new folder name when saving, and keyboard operation for accessing a drop-down menu and navigating the file system dialog comes naturally to me (in Windows, at least).

On the other hand, drawing only works with the pointer, and I'm very happy to select with a click and then use the keyboard for a menu (such as Alt-E for Edit then arrow keys -> description). It would be a nightmare to program TABbing between components...

I will re-test keyboard operations in the file dialogs in DrawFBP - my latest copy is v2.8.14 (July 14, 2014) so I will download again first - and write up the TABbing and keyboard shortcuts as I find them.

All the best to you and the family, Bob

Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2015 10:13:40 -0400 Subject: Re: [drawfbp] Keyboard shortcut documentation (#5) From: jpaulmorr@gmail.com To: reply@reply.github.com CC: sistemas.alfredo@gmail.com; bobcorrick@outlook.com

On second thoughts, the tab support is only implemented within the FileChooser - Bob, do you think we should enable this for the main DrawFBP screen as well?

On Mon, Aug 3, 2015 at 9:07 AM, Paul Morrison jpaulmorr@gmail.com wrote: Hi Alfredo,

Good question! What I have done is make the 3 functions at the top left (File, Edit, Help) respond to the Alt key. And I can also step through the parts of the screen using the tab key - with a lot of help from Bob Corrick), although it seems to take more tab steps than it should. I also seem to step through the icon types OK, but the enter key doesn't select them. I am guessing that this should be fixed...

Are there other shortcuts that would be useful? Just let me know.

HTH

Paul

On Sun, Aug 2, 2015 at 9:26 PM, alfa256 notifications@github.com wrote: I can't find information about the keyboard shortcuts, are they available?

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jpaulm commented 9 years ago

That would be great, Bob! And thanks for the kind words!

I have just promoted DrawFBP 2.10.9 with a new feature which allows you to tab through the icon types, and select one using Enter. I am not sure why, except the thought was triggered by something Alfredo said, and I thought I would try it! :-)

Working on Alfredo's Run idea - not sure if I have understood that correctly though...

Regards,

Paul

PS What is jpaulmdrawfbp?

On Tue, Aug 4, 2015 at 3:11 AM, Bob bobcorrick@outlook.com wrote:

Hello again Paul,

It's good to hear from you. I take my hat off to you for maintaining JavaFBP and DrawFBP: I'm sorry that I have not made time to test the latest versions (yet).

When we looked at keyboard operation in DrawFBP, I was thinking about convenience for opening and saving diagrams, in particular. It's likely that we'd be typing a file name or a new folder name when saving, and keyboard operation for accessing a drop-down menu and navigating the file system dialog comes naturally to me (in Windows, at least).

On the other hand, drawing only works with the pointer, and I'm very happy to select with a click and then use the keyboard for a menu (such as Alt-E for Edit then arrow keys -> description). It would be a nightmare to program TABbing between components...

I will re-test keyboard operations in the file dialogs in DrawFBP - my latest copy is v2.8.14 (July 14, 2014) so I will download again first - and write up the TABbing and keyboard shortcuts as I find them.

All the best to you and the family, Bob

Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2015 10:13:40 -0400 Subject: Re: [drawfbp] Keyboard shortcut documentation (#5) From: jpaulmorr@gmail.com To: reply@reply.github.com CC: sistemas.alfredo@gmail.com; bobcorrick@outlook.com

On second thoughts, the tab support is only implemented within the FileChooser - Bob, do you think we should enable this for the main DrawFBP screen as well?

On Mon, Aug 3, 2015 at 9:07 AM, Paul Morrison jpaulmorr@gmail.com wrote:

Hi Alfredo,

Good question! What I have done is make the 3 functions at the top left (File, Edit, Help) respond to the Alt key. And I can also step through the parts of the screen using the tab key - with a lot of help from Bob Corrick), although it seems to take more tab steps than it should. I also seem to step through the icon types OK, but the enter key doesn't select them. I am guessing that this should be fixed...

Are there other shortcuts that would be useful? Just let me know.

HTH

Paul

On Sun, Aug 2, 2015 at 9:26 PM, alfa256 notifications@github.com wrote:

I can't find information about the keyboard shortcuts, are they available?

— Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub https://github.com/jpaulm/drawfbp/issues/5.