Access keys
David Faure
faure at kde.org
Thu Mar 29 19:40:25 BST 2007
On Thursday 29 March 2007, Thiago Macieira wrote:
> Krzysztof Lichota wrote:
> >Please keep in mind that right Alt is used in Polish keyboard layout to
> >enter Polish letters (with Shift to make capital letters), so it should
> >be limited to left Alt only. I hope no keyboard layout uses left alt
> >with shift :)
>
> The right Alt key isn't Alt. It's AltGr. That's a different key and
> doesn't clash.
>
> It's never used to open menus or serves as a modifier for other keys. It
> simply enables the third and fourth level symbols on your keyboard
> layout.
But not all keyboards have it.
My right Alt (en_US thinkpad) is really a normal Alt and not an AltGr.
It opens the menu, etc.
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