Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: welcome screen keyboard shortcuts strange behavior

Hi :)

Thanks for seeking feedback from here before posting a
bug-report/feature-request.  As you know, sometimes a change in behaviour
is required to consolidate inconsistent behaviour or to smooth out other
coding, or to keep-up with current trends in other, similar(ish) programs
or happens somewhat unintentionally.  Usually any such changes are noted in
the change-log, neatly re-written at;
https://www.libreoffice.org/download/release-notes/

LibreOffice/OpenOffice is over 10 years old and a lot has changed in that
time.  Hopefully the newer ways are easy to adapt to and are an
improvement.  Where that is not the case it's fairly easy to post a
bug-report although carefully phrasing it as a feature-request seems to
have more chance of attracting interest.

So, please give it a fair go but feel free to post a
bug-report/feature-request now that you've narrowed it down to being a
change-of-focus issue.

Good luck and regards from
Tom :)






On 14 May 2016 at 07:42, Ady Ady <ady4lst@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, May 13, 2016 at 7:48 PM, V Stuart Foote
> > @Ady, *
> >
> > I just did a clean /a admin install of LO 5.0.6.3 x64 on Windows 8.1
> >
> > While in the StartCenter -- icon bar on left or in the thumbnail preview
> > pane-- with this new user profile the .UI accelerators for the
> StartCenter
> > (<alt>+o, r, e, d, s, p, r, m, a, l, and x) all function as intended.
> >
> > There has been a  change now implemented for the 5.0 releases (not sure
> > which commit) where the <alt> key toggles from the StartCenter to the
> Main
> > menu bar. The <alt> key now has the toggle focus action that F10 alone
> > previously had.
> >
> > Even so, the main Menu accelerators (<alt>+f, t, and h) still open their
> > assigned menus.
> >
> > So, really do not see any issue here.
> >
> > And of course this is mute, as 5.0 is entering EOL with the 5.0.6.3
> release.
> > For the current 5.1 releases, the StartCenter accelerators have been
> > reassigned--any dev work or BZ reporting should be against that branch.
> >
> > Stuart
> >
> >
> >
> > --
>
> Thank you very much for your reply.
>
> In my prior email, I forgot to mention that testing with "Alt+d" generates
> the same behavior as with "d" alone; i.e. Writer 5.0.6.3 initially fails to
> open.
>
> Based on your comments, I performed the following test:
>
> 1_ With all LibreOffice closed, I opened LibreOffice 5.0.6.3
> ("soffice.exe").
> 2_ Press F10. The menu receives focus.
> 3_ Press F10 again. The sidebar receives focus.
> 4_ Press "d". Writer is successfully opened.
>
> I repeated the test, replacing F10 with Alt. Same behavior.
>
> I repeated the test, replacing "d" with "Alt+d". Same behavior.
>
> So my conclusion would be that the difference between the 4.4.x (and older)
> branch(es) and 5.0.6.3 is that the initial focus has changed. Wherever the
> initial focus is located in 5.0.6.3, the shortcut keys shown in the sidebar
> are _not_ valid for it. Changing the focus to the sidebar will allow the
> shortcuts to be correctly used.
>
> I am not ready to update to 5.1.x yet. I hope the shortcut keys will be
> valid immediately after opening LibreOffice (as it used to be in the 4.4.x
> and older branches), instead of having to move the focus first. Whether
> this
> means expanding the validity of the shortcut keys to additional areas of
> the
> user interface, or changing the default initial focus to be located on the
> sidebar, or some other alternative, I do not know.
>
> Thank you,
> Ady.
>
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