Bug 149397 - open menu should just open menu (w/o preselection)
Summary: open menu should just open menu (w/o preselection)
Status: RESOLVED NOT A BUG
Alias: None
Product: kdelibs
Classification: Unmaintained
Component: general (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: unspecified
Platform: openSUSE Linux
: NOR wishlist
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Stephan Kulow
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Reported: 2007-08-30 21:58 UTC by Maciej Pilichowski
Modified: 2023-02-27 08:31 UTC (History)
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Description Maciej Pilichowski 2007-08-30 21:58:30 UTC
Version:            (using KDE KDE 3.5.7)
Installed from:    SuSE RPMs

I hope it can be done (technically) in KDE.

Take a look at Konqueror, press:
alt+L
note how menu is opened.

Now, press 
alt+L
escape
down

In both cases menu is opened (correct by all means), but also the first enabled item is preselected -- not very useful when you use your keyboard (but alt+L is keyboard).

Reason: it is hard to navigate menus because of this extra-action. There is no pure opened state, it is always opened+preselected. Now, if you entirely use keyboard it is hard to navigate through menus, in this case, (alt+L) try pressing several times [right]. In "view" you will be caught by the first submenu. Of course here it looks simple, but in real-life navigating with right/left is more crippled because of preselection.

Summary: opened (sub)menu should be presented at first with no preselection, only the next keypress (down, or right) should select the first item in the menu list.
Comment 1 Stephan Kulow 2023-02-27 08:31:28 UTC
Closing old wishlists