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diff --git a/docs/key_mouse_navigation.txt b/docs/key_mouse_navigation.txt index 0153be6b9..431dde477 100644 --- a/docs/key_mouse_navigation.txt +++ b/docs/key_mouse_navigation.txt @@ -3,56 +3,64 @@ in the default Nautilus views in detail. This is useful as a a guide for people implementing a Nautilus view or something else that wants to have a feel that is compatible with Nautilus. -Icon view: ----------- +*********** Icon view ******************** Keyboard: ========= +Navigation and selection: + When the focus is on the icon view you can move the currently selected icon by using: -arrow keys - moves one step in the direction -tab - moves to the "next" icon in order (i.e. at the end of one row, - go to the first icon the next row) -shift-tab - moves to the "previous" icon in order -home - moves to the first icon -end - moves to the last icon +Arrow Keys - moves one step in the direction +Tab - moves to the "next" icon in order (i.e. at the end of one row, + go to the first icon the next row) +Shift Tab - moves to the "previous" icon in order +Home - moves to the first icon +End - moves to the last icon In order to allow multiple selection the above navigation keys can be combined with the Control key to move the keyboard focus without -affecting the current selection. +affecting the current selection. If you use normal movement (not using +control) all the previously selected icons will be deselected. + +If several icons are selected and there is no keyboard focus you press +up or left will start navigating from the topmost leftmost icon, while +pressing down or right will start from the bottommost rightmost +icon. This works the same way if you hold down Control. -To select an icon position the keyboard focus on it and press -ctlr-space. ctrl-space with no keyboard focus produces a keyboard -focus at the first selected icon, or the first one if none are selected. +To select or deselect an icon position the keyboard focus on it and +press ctlr-space. ctrl-space with no keyboard focus produces a +keyboard focus at the first selected icon, or the first one if none +are selected. -In addition the following keyboard shortcuts are availible: +In manual layout (and especially, on the desktop) the keyboard arrow +keys work in a slightly different way. To allow all icons to be +reached the closest icon in the quadrant of the direction selected +will be used as the "next" icon when navigating. + +Other keyboard shortcuts: Return, Keypad Return - Activate the selected objects Space (without control) - Activate the selected objects -Escape - Undo icon stretching +Escape - Undo icon stretching if in progress + +Alt Left - go back +Alt Right - go forward +Alt Up - go up a directory +Alt Down - enter directory / activate selection -alt left - go back -alt right - go forward -alt up - go up a directory -alt down - enter directory / activate selection +Shift-F10 bring up context menu for selection, or the directory context menu if nothing is selected +Shift-F9 bring up context menu for directory Other key presses are used for typeahead search In rename mode: + Escape - Cancel rename Return, Keypad Return - Finish rename -TODO: -Add text about which icon is used for selection/keyboard focus when -there is none and e.g. arrow keys are pressed. - -BUGS: -I can't seem to get the context menu using the keyboard -escape cancel rename doesn't seem to work -escape to undo stretch doesn't seem to work - Mouse: ====== |