On 15 Sep 2001 13:06:49 +0200, Dominik Vogt wrote:
>
> On Sat, Sep 15, 2001 at 03:36:19AM -0700, Erik Steffl wrote:
> > Dominik Vogt wrote:
> > ...
> > > Gee, since we all hate windows and think that Alt-Tabbing sucks
> > > anyway I guess nobody ever tested Alt-Tab emulation thorough
> > > enough to notice its a bit inconvenient ;-)
> > >
> > > I have written a patch that adds the new option "ReverseOrder" to
> > > the WindowList command. If you use it, the pointer will start
> > > over the next list entry and hitting Alt-Tab repeatedly (releasing
> > > the Alt in between) rotates through all the windows instead of
> > > just switching back and forth between the last two.
> >
> > seems like a good idea but IMO the name is confusing (I don't even
> > know why you have chosen it). Since it's new code, can you change it to
> > something closer to what it does (StartAtSecond, HighlightSecondItem,
> > MSWinComaptibilityMode or something...)
>
> I have given it this name because this is exactly what it does: it
> reverses the order of the menu entries. Without this option, the
> window list is ordered like this:
>
> Title
> Window 1 (window with the focus)
> Window 2 (window that had the focus before window 1)
> Window 3 (window that had the focus before window 2)
> ...
> Window n (window that had the focus before window n-1)
>
> and with ReverseOrder:
>
> Title
> Window n (window that had the focus before window n-1)
> ...
> Window 3 (window that had the focus before window 2)
> Window 2 (window that had the focus before window 1)
> Window 1 (window with the focus)
>
> The pointer alsways starts ofer the first menu entry.
Dominik, do you think a new ReverseOrder option is useful in any real
situation? It seems too unintuitive for me. And making it a default
for Alt-Tab is more than questionable. At least the previous default
(without ReverseOrder) was totally intuitive.
I think the original request was to preserve the correct window
order, but start over the second menu entry. I.e. with this new
hypotetical option StartAtSecond the menu is:
Title
Window 1 (window with the focus)
Window 2 (window that had the focus before window 1)
Window 3 (window that had the focus before window 2)
...
Window n (window that had the focus before window n-1)
But the first Alt-Tab points to the Window 2, the next Tab press points
to Window 3 and so on. This would mean enhancements to a menu code.
I want to restore the previous default for Alt-Tab, without ReverseOrder.
Regards,
Mikhael.
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Received on Fri Oct 12 2001 - 09:38:59 BST