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- Subject: Re: Window Cycling
- Date: Wed, 1 Jun 1994 10:43:06 +0200 (MDT)
- In-Reply-To: <9406010747.AA00818@uqcspe.cs.uq.oz.au> from "Warwick Allison" at Jun 1, 94 05:47:53 pm
- From: Annius.Groenink@cwi.nl (Annius Groenink)
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- > In old versions of TOS, BOTTOMing was VERY difficult to implement, and
- > so `cycle' was define to simply top the bottom-most window. Under the
- > Motif window manager of X11, cycling is bottoming, as the manual indicates:
- >
- >
- > The following key actions
- > can be used to cycle through the global window stack.
- >
- > Key_Action__________Function__Description_______________
- > [Alt][ESC] Place top window on bottom of stack
- > [Alt][Shift][ESC] Place bottom window on top of stack
- >
- >
- > Clear Alt-ESC is normal cycling and Alt-SFT-ESC is reverse cycling.
- > (No, I'm not at all suggesting that we use these combinations)
-
- Well, I introduced control + Tab in Edith because MTOS and Mag!x already
- use Alt + Control + Tab for task switching. But then again, if you
- use Alt + (Shift) + Esc, that is similar as well, plus it has the advantage
- of being the Motif default, *and* you can reserve shift + tab or control + tab
- for functions like 'true tab', 'alternative tab' or 'back-tab'.
-
- What do the others think about Alt-Esc and AltShiftEsc for cycling in
- both directions?
-
-
- > Having both versions is great (makes it easy to go back to the window
- > you just cycled away), but not implementable on older TOS versions.
- >
- > So, to clarify:
- >
- > CTRL+Tab can be used to cycle windows
- > Shift+CTRL+Tab can be used to cycle windows in reverse
-
-
- Yes, but then it'd get too complicated. First of all, many applications
- distinguish between cycling dialogs and texts (Papyrus, Edith e.g.),
- so you'd have Shift Tab, Shift Control Tab, Control Tab, and Alt Control Tab.
-
- What about:
-
- Control Tab Cycle primary window set
- Sh Control Tab Reverse cycle primary window set
-
- Control Escape Cycle secondary window set
- Sh Control Escape Reverse cycle secondary window set
-
- (or should we use alternate for all these combinations? I've got the
- impression alternate feels better + is is motif-compatible).
-
-
- > 1. If the AES cannot BOTTOM, both do the same thing (reverse cycle)
- > 2. Forward cycling is BOTTOMING the top window.
- > 3. Reverse cycling is TOPPING the bottom window OF ALL APPS.
-
- These are all good points.
-
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