Access keys

[Ellen Reitmayr]

Olaf and me also had a look at access keys and would love to see the following 
changes:

Initialisation: Alt-Shift-Space instead of Ctrl
Direct call of a (known) access key: Alt-Shift-<key>

When the initialising key sequence is changed, we'd like to provide a hint in 
the statusbar when users press "Ctrl" saying "Press Alt-Shift-0 for access 
keys".

Ways to exit access keys:
- Alt-Shift
- Escape
- Press any modifier key
- Click anywhere into the window

The access keys should become more intelligent. Currently, 26 (?) keys are 
assigned to the first links, so important links at the end of a page are 
often dismissed. Important links may be Next/Previous, page numbers, 
Continue, Home, ... They should be preferred and get meaningful access keys 
(e.g. N for Next, 1 for page 1, etc). Note that 0 must not be used 
(initialiser).

If there are more than 26 links, two characters should be used (AA, AB).

Finally, the placement should be improved. Currently it's hard to identify 
what access key belongs to which link, and the frame covers too much text. 
They would sure benefit from smaller (+more beautiful) frames which are 
always arranged at the end of a link.

Again, we are looking for volunteers to work on this! 

Thanks,
/el


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Ellen Reitmayr
KDE Usability Project
usability.kde.org