[Kde-pim] Re: Changing key shortcuts in KMail

[Volker Krause]

On Saturday 02 July 2011 19:32:07 José Millán Soto wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm working in making KMail fully usable by keyboard (as part of the
> SOC "KMail, Kopete and Dolphin accessibility ") and I think some of
> the default key shortcuts should be changed.
> 
> For example using Alt+t for opening a new tab creates a conflict with
> the "Tools" menu. Also, setting the Up and Down keys to scroll the
> current message makes it difficult to browse folders with keyboard (as
> even if the folder list is focused, the Up and Down keys will always
> make the current message scroll).
> 
> I propose changing Alt+t for opening a new tab to Ctrl + Shift + t,
> and the scroll message shortcut to Ctrl+Up and Ctrl+Down.

I'm fine with the tab shortcut changes, that looks like a simple bug to me. 

But I'd object to the scroll shortcut changes. The "focus-less" keyboard 
navigation in KMail is intentional, and many of our users are used to that.
You can navigate through the message list using Left/Right (selection) and 
Alt+Left/Right/Space (current item). Note that the latter is hard to see with 
the Oxygen style, if you try with e.g. Platique you see how it is supposed to 
work.

regards
Volker
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