Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Alt Key

Thanks for the info and the links, two observations:

(1) The Windows behaviour of pressing and releasing the Alt key to activate
the text menu is a more "accessible" default behaviour for those who cannot
or have difficulty with pressing keys simultaneously (versus the Linux
behaviour which requires Alt+<some_other_key>).

(2) As LO is cross platform I think the idea of a LO setting for choosing
the preferred Alt key behaviour is a good idea so that users can work with
LO in a consistent fashion regardless of the OS/DE/Theme of computer being
used.

On Sun, Jul 3, 2016 at 2:20 PM, V Stuart Foote <VStuart.Foote@utsa.edu>
wrote:

> @Bruce, *
>
>
> Bruce Hohl wrote
> > On Linux pressing and holding the Alt key "activates" text menu (File,
> > Edit, View, etc). On Windows pressing then releasing the Alt key
> "actives"
> > the text menu. Does anyone know how to get Linux to behave like Windows
> > for
> > the Alt key or vice versa?
>
> Unfortunately you can not.
>
> Recent work done to make the handling of Accelerators compliant with GTK+
> v3, on GTK+3 compliant desktop environments implemented a desired behavior
> or simply toggling the assigned mnemonic accelerators visible (e.g. the
> underlined character to be pressed to activate the action).
>
> https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=92630
>
> But, on GTK+2 and Windows and OS X the adjustments have been somewhat
> unwelcome and cause disruption in the handling of the Accelerators.  As you
> note on Windows the <Atl> key moves focus to the main menu--and then the
> mnemonic key must be entered to navigate.  Previously they were handled as
> paired <Alt>+key values.
>
> You can get some feel for the issue in the proposal to make the GTK+ toggle
> optional in non-GTK+3 Desktop Environments.
>
> https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=99326
>
> So, the issue is still be kicked around.
>
> Stuart
>
>
>
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