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M5 On Linux/Motif, the local toolbar items of views seem to get keyboard focus way too much. Open a packages view and an outline view and a Java editor. Now close the editor by clicking on the "X". Either the packages view or the outline view will get focus (good) *and* its local toolbar gets focus (bad). This has burned me a number of times as I then hit 'enter' or try to arrow around, thinking I'm navigating the packages tree or outline items. (I use the keyboard a lot).
This is a problem for accessibility if the focus is not predictable. Have you seen this when closing a view via the menus (Alt+-), or just when using the mouse?
The only times that I can positively say that I've seen it is when closing an *editor* (not a view) with the mouse. If I see it in other cases I'll update this bug report.
Cannot replicate in 20020411. The Outline View gets focus on my machine when I close the last editor (if there are other editors they get focus) and it has no tool bar.
This is an issue with initial focus on the Toolbar of a View. To replicate this you have to have the follwing 1) Open a Packages View in the top left. 2) Open an Outline View in the bottom left 3) Open a Java Editor 4) Close the Java Editor. Focus is given to another view - in this case the Outline View. As it has no contents the only widget that can get focus is the close button. This issue happens only with empty views with no contents - I think the Outline View is the only one.
It would seem to make sense to drop focus on the primary feature/control offered by a view. While this is not always crystal clear, for most views I think there's a logical default. So for example, in the package view, focus would default to the tree.
There are currently no plans to work on this feature
