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Bug 465516 - Impossible to switch cells with the left and right keys
Impossible to switch cells with the left and right keys
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: gtk+
Classification: Platform
Component: Widget: GtkTreeView
2.11.x
Other Linux
: Normal minor
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Assigned To: gtktreeview-bugs
gtktreeview-bugs
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2007-08-10 21:12 UTC by Josh Lee
Modified: 2011-02-04 16:11 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.19/2.20


Description Josh Lee 2007-08-10 21:12:40 UTC 
In previous versions of gtk, pressing left and right used to switch between cells in a row. Now it emits a beep and does nothing.

Two good examples are gconf-editor and quodlibet's tag editor. It is impossible to edit both the name and value of a tag by using the keyboard.
Comment 1 Kristian Rietveld 2007-08-11 19:15:05 UTC 
Did you try ctrl+left and ctrl+right?  The left,right key bindings have been changed to expand/collapse rows.
Comment 2 Josh Lee 2007-08-11 21:12:37 UTC 
Aha. Yes, that works. It's...less than obvious, though. Would it be possible to make left and right switch cells if there are no rows to open?
Comment 3 Kristian Rietveld 2007-08-23 11:01:49 UTC 
I am going to put this on the 2.12 freeze milestone to reconsider the change of keybindings.  This because after having this in trunk for a while, I am not convinced whether changing it was a good idea.  The straightforward way of scrolling horizontally with left/right is now also gone, which is a bigger loss than not being able to expand/collapse with left/rigth.
Comment 4 Kristian Rietveld 2007-08-23 11:02:48 UTC 
Original bug is 105895.
Comment 5 Matthias Clasen 2007-09-07 05:05:22 UTC 
If we are not sure the change is right, then we should probably revert for 2.12.
Comment 6 Kristian Rietveld 2007-09-09 15:20:47 UTC 
Reverted in r18768.