RE: [AD] new GUI focus selection algorithm

[Elias Pschernig <elias@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 2003-11-12 at 14:31, markp@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> My 2 cents on the subject:
> 
> What I see in windows products the down arrow key performs the same way
> as using the tab key. It will run through the way you order your tab
> stops. The up arrow key, the same for reverse tab. What Allegro does is
> add another feature that will let you use the right and left arrow keys
> to move from column to column.
> 
> I would like to see the down arrow key process the same way as the tab
> key does within Allegro. For this no new algoritm would be needed.
> 

Well, technically, it would mean as much change as any other algorithm
change. But from the behavior, it would be a bigger change than adapting
the distance formula a bit - the cursor keys would get a completely new
meaning. So, I think it shouldn't be done. It's relatively simple to
remap the keys to do this anyway (and it's actually what I could have
done in my original program).

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Elias Pschernig <elias@xxxxxxxxxx>