Piñeiro <apinhe...@igalia.com> wrote: > hOn 08/26/2012 02:16 AM, cov...@ccs.covici.com wrote: > > Hi. What is super? I tried alt-f1, but there is nothing on the > > applications menu reached by that. > > If you press alt+f1 the desktop moves to the overview: > http://library.gnome.org/users/gnome-help/stable/shell-introduction.html.en > > If you are using Orca, Orca should expose "Overview Panel". That means > that you are right now on the main container to search for applications. > If you start to write, a search would start, and then you could navigate > with the arrows in order to select the application you want. > > > If I hit control-tab twice, I get to > > a top panel and it says menu bar along with some other icons. Is this > > all by design? > > Ctrl+Tab? Do you mean Ctrl+Alt+Tab?
Yep, ctrl-alt-tab. Sorry. > > > > 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 > > > -- > Alejandro Piñeiro Iglesias > > _______________________________________________ > gnome-accessibility-list mailing list > gnome-accessibility-list@gnome.org > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-accessibility-list -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici cov...@ccs.covici.com _______________________________________________ gnome-accessibility-list mailing list gnome-accessibility-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-accessibility-list
