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Bug 124118 - [a11y] Have Cursor-Right/Left expand/collapse nodes in tree views even when Ctrl or Shift is being pressed
Summary: [a11y] Have Cursor-Right/Left expand/collapse nodes in tree views even when C...
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: platform
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Explorer (show other bugs)
Version: 6.x
Hardware: PC Windows XP
: P4 blocker (vote)
Assignee: Jaroslav Tulach
URL:
Keywords: A11Y
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2007-12-17 13:48 UTC by matthies
Modified: 2010-04-07 04:18 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Issue Type: ENHANCEMENT
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Description matthies 2007-12-17 13:48:05 UTC 
In tree views such as Files and Projects, it would be helpful if not only plain Cursor-Right/Left would expand/collapse 
tree nodes, but also while the Ctrl or Shift key is being held down. This would make the selection of multiple nodes 
using the keyboard easier when some of the nodes to be selected are hidden under collapsed nodes. While it is currently 
possible to expand a node without losing the current selection, by releasing Ctrl/Shift before pressing Cursor-Right 
and then holding down Ctrl/Shift again before continuing to move the keyboard focus, this not exactly intuitive and 
also quite error prone, because doing any other cursor movement while Ctrl/Shift is released loses the selection. It's 
like walking a tightrope ;), and more often than not I'm getting it wrong.
Comment 1 Jaroslav Tulach 2010-04-07 04:18:27 UTC 
This is issue of Swing L&F. Nothing to be done about that in explorer code, as far as I can tell. Btw. where is Swing L&F bugzilla category?