Bug 85691 - Integration with the keyboard behaviour of kontact/kmail
Summary: Integration with the keyboard behaviour of kontact/kmail
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: akregator
Classification: Applications
Component: general (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Platform: unspecified Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: kdepim bugs
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Reported: 2004-07-22 14:24 UTC by Alejandro Exojo
Modified: 2004-10-12 19:52 UTC (History)
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Description Alejandro Exojo 2004-07-22 14:24:11 UTC
Version:           1.0-beta5 "Pierre" (using KDE 3.2.3,  (testing/unstable))
Compiler:          gcc version 3.3.3 (Debian 20040422)
OS:                Linux (i686) release 2.4.26-1-k7

Hi.

Feel free to change the severity of the bug to "wishlist", but I think this is an important usability issue.

Akregator has a default similar layout and functionality than kmail. But when both are integrated in kontact, they have a diferent behaviour with respect to the use of the keyboard.

The "next unread" action, is "+" in kmail, and "n" in akregator. This shortcut, can be customized, but anyway, I think it should be changed the default behaviour.

Another important behaviour, that can't be customized, is the use of of the cursors. Left and Right, in kmail move up and down respectively, in the listview of the messages of the selected folder. Then you can use Up and Down to scroll the view of the selected message, so it's pretty easy to move with one hand.

In akregator, this works very different, and IMVHO, it's harder. You need to use the Tab/shift+Tab combination to change between the article list, and article view, and then move your hands to the up and down cursors. If you don't consider adding this default behaviour, please, at least let the user configure it.

Thanks ;-).

PS: OTOH, you application rocks! I'm addicted to feeds 0:-)
Comment 1 Sashmit Bhaduri 2004-07-22 19:15:12 UTC
> I think it should be changed the default behaviour. 

yup

> Another important behaviour, that can't be customized, is the use of of the cursors. Left and Right, in kmail move up and down respectively, in the listview of the messages of the selected folder. Then you can use Up and Down to scroll the view of the selected message, so it's pretty easy to move with one hand. 

Yup, we should do this as well. Our policy is to match kmail whenever reasonably possible, and this is certainly reasonable. 
Comment 2 Frank Osterfeld 2004-10-12 19:52:02 UTC
CVS commit by osterfeld: 

- added kmail-like key bindings: alt+cursors: change selection in the tree, shift+alt+cursor: move nodes in tree, left/right: change selection in article list, up/down: scroll viewer.
- added shortcuts to open articles: enter: open in background tab, ctrl+enter: open in foreground tab, shift+enter: open in external browser

CCMAIL=84133-done@bugs.kde.org, 85691-done@bugs.kde.org  


  M +28 -4     akregator_part.cpp   1.93
  M +23 -1     akregator_part.rc   1.22
  M +130 -4    akregator_view.cpp   1.141
  M +20 -2     akregator_view.h   1.62
  M +27 -0     articlelist.cpp   1.21
  M +9 -1      articlelist.h   1.14
  M +5 -0      articleviewer.cpp   1.58
  M +1 -1      articleviewer.h   1.23
  M +118 -4    feedstree.cpp   1.23
  M +11 -4     feedstree.h   1.12
  M +14 -4     viewer.cpp   1.21
  M +5 -1      viewer.h   1.10