GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 653094
Navigation of application search with direction keys
Last modified: 2011-06-21 10:57:46 UTC
When searching for applications, the filtered list is only navigable with u/d arrow keys, not l/r. On fc15 using a short search which returns a number of applications and settings, I would expect l/r direction keys to navigate left & right through the applications, and the down direction key to move down a row to settings (or recent files etc). Instead, one must use the down arrow key to tab right through the applications to get to settings (or recent docs). Similarly, if only a few apps are returned by the search, you must use the u/d to navigate left and right rather than l/r direction keys. It seems counter-intuitive (to me at least) to use up and down keys to move left and right, whilst left and right keys have no function.
(In reply to comment #0) > It seems counter-intuitive (to me at least) to use up and down keys to move > left and right, whilst left and right keys have no function. No function? Think about it a little more: they're actually used by the search entry. ;-) We already bumped into this silly detail some time ago. It was already said that the arrow keys aren't that useful in the search entry, but no decision has been made so far. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 640779 ***