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Bug 56338

Summary:

[Presentations] Alt+- menu Size items need some documentation

Product:

[Eclipse Project] Platform

Reporter:

Kim Horne <eclipse>

Component:

Assignee:

Oleg Besedin <ob1.eclipse>

Status:

VERIFIED FIXED

QA Contact:

Severity:

minor

Priority:

CC:

Karice_McIntyre, ob1.eclipse, pwebster, steven.wasleski

Version:

3.0

Keywords:

accessibility, helpwanted

Target Milestone:

3.7 M5

Hardware:

OS:

Windows XP

Whiteboard:

Attachments:

Description	Flags
Updated doc	none

Description Kim Horne

2004-03-26 09:14:42 EST

200403260010

The Alt+- menu Size items don't do anything.  Not only that, it's not clear what
they /should/ be doing... How do positions relate to Size?

Comment 1 Kim Horne

2004-03-26 09:18:52 EST

Aha...wait...they do do something, but there is no visual cue as to what that is
until you use the arrow keys.  Couldn't the mouse cursor be moved immediately
rather than waiting for input?

Comment 2 Michael Van Meekeren

2004-07-06 13:55:03 EDT

agree the cursor should have been moved to the double arrow right away

Comment 3 Douglas Pollock

2004-07-15 16:49:19 EDT

Yes, it is entirely unclear what is going on at this point.  If you use the 
mouse, then you get the drop target icons and the drag outline.  Using only the 
keyboard, you only seem to get the outline.  It's very confusing. 
 
Compare this with KDE's move functionality.  The mouse is immediately centered 
over the window, and the pointer changes to a moving icon.  In Windows, the 
mouse centers over the title bar and changes to a moving icon (strangely, it 
changes back to a regular icon as soon you start to move the window with the 
keyboard).

Comment 4 Steven Wasleski

2005-04-12 10:58:24 EDT

We are in the process of updating the accessibility information for 3.1.  Is 
this bug going to be fixed in 3.1?

Comment 5 Douglas Pollock

2005-04-12 11:35:21 EDT

No, it will not be fixed for 3.1.

Comment 6 Paul Webster

2006-09-28 15:13:21 EDT

Is this still a problem in 3.3?

PW

Comment 7 Karice McIntyre

2006-09-28 16:47:43 EDT

Yes in 3.3 M2.  
After I hit Alt- I notice that the space between the chosen side (top, bottom, left, right) and it's adjacent part is highlighted (dark grey) before an arrow key is pressed - it still would be nice to see the double arrow cursor once the side to resize has been chosen.  Also, instead of Size, perhaps the menu item (containing the Top, Bottom, Right and Left menu items) should be named Resize?

Comment 8 Karice McIntyre

2006-12-04 09:39:46 EST

Paul, what is the status/target of this bug?

Comment 9 Paul Webster

2006-12-04 10:05:14 EST

This is really low since it does work, it's just not obvious.

PW

Comment 10 Karice McIntyre

2006-12-04 10:14:47 EST

Good point.  I should probably remove this bug from the accessibility list since the function does work.  Is this feature documented?  If not, is it possible to add some doc about how to use this feature (not sure where it would fit in the doc)?  Also, I changed the severity to minor.

Comment 11 Oleg Besedin

2011-01-20 16:06:00 EST

Created attachment 187241 [details]
Updated doc

There is a page in the Eclipse help titled "Navigating the user interface using the keyboard". It can be found under:

 Workbench User Guide > 
   Concepts > 
     Accessibility features in Eclipse

That seems to be a logical destination.

Comment 12 Oleg Besedin

2011-01-21 09:19:15 EST

Patch applied to CVS Head.

Comment 13 Oleg Besedin

2011-01-25 09:49:07 EST

Verified that new help text appears in the I20110124-1800.