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Bug 656816 - cannot navigate any window containing a combobox using keyboard
cannot navigate any window containing a combobox using keyboard
Status: RESOLVED OBSOLETE
Product: gtk+
Classification: Platform
Component: Widget: GtkComboBox
2.24.x
Other Linux
: Normal major
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Assigned To: gtk-bugs
gtk-bugs
Depends on: 309287 337222 643853
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2011-08-18 11:35 UTC by Michal 'hramrach' Suchanek
Modified: 2011-10-08 17:03 UTC
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GNOME target: ---
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Description Michal 'hramrach' Suchanek 2011-08-18 11:35:38 UTC 
Combobox eats all these keys used for navigation in windows/dialogs:

Enter

Tab

Arrow keys (this is somewhat expected
Comment 1 Matthias Clasen 2011-08-20 00:48:16 UTC 
Using tab to navigate through eg testcombo works fine - more detail needed here. 
That combo boxes interpret enter and arrows for their own purposes is not a bug.
Comment 2 Michal 'hramrach' Suchanek 2011-08-24 14:10:14 UTC 
I can't reproduce the tab issue either anymore.


But should it interpret enter?

It has space to pop down the list, just as other widgets use space to trigger the function on the widget. The use of enter for the same purpose is redundant and breaks usability of dialogs containing a combobox needlessly.