[Thunar-dev] Keyboard shortcuts for tab navigation

[Drew DeVault]

Hello! You might notice that my email subject matches the title of this
ticket:

https://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9585

This is exactly what I've come to you to talk about today. You might
notice my comment on this issue on 2014-02-05. It's now 9 months later
with no motion on the ticket, so I wanted to bring it up here.

On my system, I have a lot of different applications that make use of
Ctrl+PgUp/PgDown to switch between tabs. This includes, in part:
Firefox, HexChat, Thunderbird, MonoDevelop, and gvim. In fact, so many
of my applications use this shortcut that I've bound it to buttons on my
mouse. The only application I have installed that makes use of tabs but
does not use this keyboard shortcut is Thunar.

I can understand the desire to continue supporting a keybinding that is
already established. But give me the opportunity to change it, please.

On a less important note, thunar is also the only application where I
have to double-middle-click to open something in a new tab. If that were
an option, too, it'd be nice, but it's not so jarring as the lack of
Ctrl+PgUp/PgDown support.

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Drew DeVault

[Román]

Hello,

I am looking at this possibility but these shortcuts do not work because when you press GTK_KEY_Page_Up with GTK_CONTROL_MASK Thunar scrolls up and down. If you use another mask, GTK_MOD1_MASK for instance, it works. I do not know if GTK_CONTROL_MASK + GTK_KEY_Page_Up / GTK_KEY_Page_Down collides with another one.

Anyway, I think these are important shortcuts because you can use it in browsers, file manager, terminals, etc.

Cheers.

On Mon, 10 Nov 2014 21:40:37 -0700

Post by Drew DeVault
Hello! You might notice that my email subject matches the title of this
https://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9585
This is exactly what I've come to you to talk about today. You might
notice my comment on this issue on 2014-02-05. It's now 9 months later
with no motion on the ticket, so I wanted to bring it up here.
On my system, I have a lot of different applications that make use of
Firefox, HexChat, Thunderbird, MonoDevelop, and gvim. In fact, so many
of my applications use this shortcut that I've bound it to buttons on my
mouse. The only application I have installed that makes use of tabs but
does not use this keyboard shortcut is Thunar.
I can understand the desire to continue supporting a keybinding that is
already established. But give me the opportunity to change it, please.
On a less important note, thunar is also the only application where I
have to double-middle-click to open something in a new tab. If that were
an option, too, it'd be nice, but it's not so jarring as the lack of
Ctrl+PgUp/PgDown support.
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[TW]

Old thread - but as the issue is still standing, I'd like to invite
people to contribute to the bounty on Bountysource:

https://www.bountysource.com/issues/3547148-keyboard-shortcuts-for-tab-navigation

Post by Román
Hello,
I am looking at this possibility but these shortcuts do not work because when you press GTK_KEY_Page_Up with GTK_CONTROL_MASK Thunar scrolls up and down. If you use another mask, GTK_MOD1_MASK for instance, it works. I do not know if GTK_CONTROL_MASK + GTK_KEY_Page_Up / GTK_KEY_Page_Down collides with another one.
Anyway, I think these are important shortcuts because you can use it in browsers, file manager, terminals, etc.
Cheers.
On Mon, 10 Nov 2014 21:40:37 -0700

Post by Drew DeVault
Hello! You might notice that my email subject matches the title of this
https://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9585
This is exactly what I've come to you to talk about today. You might
notice my comment on this issue on 2014-02-05. It's now 9 months later
with no motion on the ticket, so I wanted to bring it up here.
On my system, I have a lot of different applications that make use of
Firefox, HexChat, Thunderbird, MonoDevelop, and gvim. In fact, so many
of my applications use this shortcut that I've bound it to buttons on my
mouse. The only application I have installed that makes use of tabs but
does not use this keyboard shortcut is Thunar.
I can understand the desire to continue supporting a keybinding that is
already established. But give me the opportunity to change it, please.
On a less important note, thunar is also the only application where I
have to double-middle-click to open something in a new tab. If that were
an option, too, it'd be nice, but it's not so jarring as the lack of
Ctrl+PgUp/PgDown support.
--
Drew DeVault
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