Impossible to navigate by keyboard in some widgets

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Impossible to navigate by keyboard in some widgets

Post by dfriasb » Fri Apr 20, 2018 2:56 pm

Hello,

I used up/down keys to navigate into block and layer lists widgets. I also typed characters to select layers with that starting character.

Now it is not possible for me. Arrow keys are always panning, even if I click on a layer or block name. I think it has become like this since my last 3.20 or 3.20.1 QCAD Professional update.

Any feedback will be appreciated. Best regards,

David
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Re: Impossible to navigate by keyboard in some widgets

Post by andrew » Fri Apr 20, 2018 3:19 pm

I can confirm.

Navigating with arrows is not possible due to arrows being used for moving the selection / panning.
This could probably be implemented by respecting widget focus, although that might be frustrating since you'd always have to check for widget focus before panning..

Navigating by typing the first letters is not possible due to the letter based shortcuts ("LI", "CI", etc.).
I don't think this can work in QCAD. Are you sure that you did this in previous versions?

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Re: Impossible to navigate by keyboard in some widgets

Post by dfriasb » Fri Apr 20, 2018 5:07 pm

andrew wrote:Navigating by typing the first letters is not possible due to the letter based shortcuts ("LI", "CI", etc.).
I don't think this can work in QCAD. Are you sure that you did this in previous versions?
Absolutely sure. But I had to select first one of the layers in the Layers List widget.

Is there any way to disable panning with keys so that you can restore previous behavior?
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Re: Impossible to navigate by keyboard in some widgets

Post by andrew » Fri Apr 20, 2018 9:17 pm

I'll add a preference for this under
Edit > Application Preferences > Keyboard > Enable keyboard navigation in list widgets

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Re: Impossible to navigate by keyboard in some widgets

Post by dfriasb » Tue May 01, 2018 2:18 pm

Thanks a lot!
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