Here is the documentation for the keyboard shortcuts for navigating the applications icons [1], although I I think that asking a person with a physical disability to hold down ctrl and alt while tabbing is not feasible. Maybe someone else knows of a better solution.
Meg Ford [1] http://library.gnome.org/users/gnome-help/stable/shell-keyboard-shortcuts.html.en On Sat, Aug 25, 2012 at 1:11 PM, meg ford <meg...@gmail.com> wrote: > The activities overview really doesn't work well for people with physical > disabilities. Using the mouse to choose an application can be very tiring, > and sometimes impossible for such users. Typing the name of the application > is also really difficult. Looking here [1] I don't see a way to navigate > the application icons using the keyboard. Maybe that has been added and the > documentation hasn't been updated? > > There is a shell extension that provides a Gnome 2 style applications menu > [2]. I think this should be easier to use. > > Meg Ford > > [1] > http://library.gnome.org/users/gnome-help/stable/shell-apps-open.html.en > [2] https://extensions.gnome.org/accounts/profile/gcampax > > > On Sat, Aug 25, 2012 at 12:25 PM, Dylan McCall <dylanmcc...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> That's a shame about the accident. I'm glad that GNOME and Debian have >> worked for you until now. >> >> The new menus _should_ be accessible. May you please explain what >> about them isn't working out? I'm sure that would help to improve the >> implementation. As it is, adding a toggle between the two menu layouts >> is no simple task: with this menu redesign, the idea of grouping menu >> items under things like "Edit" and "View" is going to drift away, so >> even if the bits were in place it would be quite difficult to change >> it back (especially dynamically). >> >> If I was to guess, the biggest problem for keyboard-accessibility is >> that the menus don't open with F10, so you have to reach them with >> Tab. Is that the gist of the problem? That might be something to >> mandate in the HIG (and maybe add at the toolkit level), because it >> _is_ quite surprising. Google Chrome, for example, is keyboard >> accessible: its wrench menu can be opened with the usual mnemonics >> (Alt+F or Alt+E). They forgot that F10 is the _real_ common >> menu-opening shortcut, but they did try :) >> >> If you haven't already found it, the keyboard shortcut to get the >> application menu (beside Activities at the top left of the screen) is >> Super+F10. You can also use the left and right arrow keys to get >> anywhere else on the top bar. Do you find that one works okay? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Dylan >> >> >> On Sat, Aug 25, 2012 at 9:29 AM, surma <su...@hot.ee> wrote: >> > >> > I’ve been using debian since 27 March of 1996, before gnome everything >> was quite crappy, but I started using gnome 11 June 2000, and linux turned >> easy. Then (2004/2005) I had a terrible car accident, I got rammed, then I >> spent 6 months in coma, which messed up my hands, so I can’t use mouse, >> that’s why I prefer keyboard. Maake a place under gconf-editor where you >> can choose the style of menu, so people can use either classic or modern >> style. >> > >> > That’s why I can’t use mouse. >> > http://www.hot.ee/surma/Surma_24.12.05.jpg >> > I built this car myself … and had an accident with it. >> > >> > This is what was left of my car. >> > http://www.hot.ee/surma/katki.jpg >> > Tanel >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > gnome-accessibility-list mailing list >> > gnome-accessibility-list@gnome.org >> > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-accessibility-list >> > >> _______________________________________________ >> gnome-accessibility-list mailing list >> gnome-accessibility-list@gnome.org >> https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-accessibility-list >> > >
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