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Bug 86532 - Unable to resize or move icons using the keyboard
Unable to resize or move icons using the keyboard
Status: RESOLVED OBSOLETE
Product: nautilus
Classification: Core
Component: Desktop
2.9.x
Other All
: Normal minor
: ---
Assigned To: Nautilus Maintainers
Nautilus Maintainers
AP4
: 90220 167044 (view as bug list)
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2002-06-26 14:11 UTC by padraig.obriain
Modified: 2018-01-02 18:48 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: ---


Description padraig.obriain 2002-06-26 14:11:30 UTC 
I can move desktop icons around the desktop icons around the desktop using
the mouse but there does not seem to be a way to do it using just the
keyboard.
Comment 1 padraig.obriain 2002-06-26 14:17:12 UTC 
Reducing severity as Calum has noted that a well known operating
system does not support this either.
Comment 2 Calum Benson 2002-07-29 18:36:43 UTC 
Which isn't to say we shouldn't go one better than them, of course :)  

Perhaps more important is the fact that you can't resize icons on the
desktop or in a Nautilus icon view using only the keyboard, updating
summary accordingly.
Comment 3 Calum Benson 2002-08-13 11:48:04 UTC 
*** Bug 90219 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 4 Calum Benson 2002-08-13 13:00:27 UTC 
Oops, it's not 90219 that's the duplicate, it's 90220...
Comment 5 Calum Benson 2002-08-13 13:00:59 UTC 
*** Bug 90220 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 6 Alex Duggan 2003-04-02 07:49:28 UTC 
moving to GNOMEVER2.3
Comment 7 Calum Benson 2003-04-03 14:44:41 UTC 
Updating status_whiteboard field to reflect A11Y team's assessment 
of accessibility impact.
Comment 8 Calum Benson 2003-04-24 20:56:29 UTC 
When somebody looks at this, would suggest that good shortcuts to use
for 'move' and 'resize' would be Alt+F7 and Alt+F8, the default window
(and now panel) move and resize shortcuts.  Might just want to
hardcode them rather than tying them into the actual keys chosen in
the keyboard shortcut prefs, though.
Comment 9 Calum Benson 2003-08-07 16:06:52 UTC 
Apologies for spam... marking as GNOMEVER2.3 so it appears on the official GNOME
bug list :)
Comment 10 Calum Benson 2004-10-21 16:49:32 UTC 
Apologies for spam-- ensuring Sun a11y team are cc'ed on all current a11y bugs.
 Filter on "SUN A11Y SPAM" to ignore.
Comment 11 Vincent Noel 2005-02-11 14:30:45 UTC 
*** Bug 167044 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 12 Calum Benson 2006-04-26 17:14:36 UTC 
Apologies for spam... ensuring Sun a11y folks are cc'ed on all current accessibility bugs.
Comment 13 Calum Benson 2007-04-05 11:41:19 UTC 
Is this ever likely to happen?  Somebody on the accessibility mailing list needed this feature today, which just reminded me about it!
Comment 14 António Fernandes 2018-01-02 18:48:34 UTC 
Starting with version 3.28, nautilus will not handle the "files on desktop background" feature. For better alternatives, read this blog post https://csorianognome.wordpress.com/2017/12/21/nautilus-desktop-plans/