[Bug 312615] New: USABILITY: There should be a shortcut for opening chats, maybe Enter

[sombragris at sombragris.org]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=312615

            Bug ID: 312615
           Summary: USABILITY: There should be a shortcut for opening
                    chats, maybe Enter
    Classification: Unclassified
           Product: telepathy
           Version: 0.5.2
          Hardware: Compiled Sources
                OS: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: contactlist
          Assignee: kde-telepathy-bugs at kde.org
          Reporter: sombragris at sombragris.org

I'm enjoying the good work you did on KDE-Telepathy, thanks! Every day is
showing its usefulness.

This bug is kind of related to those bugs that complained that chats should be
opened with a single click (I know you said no; no question with that). 

It is possible to go over the contacts using the keyboard right now; i.e.,
using Tab and the arrow keys to navigate them. However, once you position the
focus on a specific contact, there is no way (AFAIK) of initiating a chat with
such contact other than clicking on the mouse.

IMHO there should be a way of initiating chats via the keyboard. Enter is the
obvious key here, but as Martin had explained on the discussion over the
single/double click, accidentally opening chats is a valid concern. Perhaps
Ctrl + Enter maybe...? anyway, the issue here is the lack of a proper way of
starting chats with a keyboard. 

Thanks and happy 2013.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Navigate the contact list with the keyboard
2. Try to initiate a chat with the keyboard.
3. Nothing happens.
Actual Results:  
Nothing happens.

Expected Results:  
There should be a shortcut (maybe Enter or Ctrl-Enter) for opening chats.

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