Bug 6065 - Mnemonics on plugin editor's pages conflict with menus
Summary: Mnemonics on plugin editor's pages conflict with menus
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: PDE
Classification: Eclipse Project
Component: UI (show other bugs)
Version: 2.0   Edit
Hardware: PC Windows 2000
: P1 critical (vote)
Target Milestone: 2.0 M6   Edit
Assignee: Dejan Glozic CLA
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Keywords: accessibility
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Reported: 2001-11-19 10:19 EST by Nick Edgar CLA
Modified: 2002-05-20 21:41 EDT (History)
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Description Nick Edgar CLA 2001-11-19 10:19:50 EST
Build 20011116.

- Open a plugin.xml in the PDE plugin editor.
- Select the Runtime page
- select the jar
- hit ALT+D
- it gives focus to the first radiobutton (&Export the entire library)
- it should give focus to the Edit menu

Also, in the Java or Debug perspective, "&Do not export" conflicts with the 
Debug menu.

Using mnemonics on dialogs is OK, because dialogs don't have menus.
If you're using dialogs in a form in a main application window, you must be 
careful not to conflict with the menus.
Note that you can't avoid this in general because other plugins may contribute 
menus.
I recommend not using mnemonics in PDE editors, instead ensuring that tab order 
between the controls works reasonably.

This is an issue for keyboard accessibility.
Comment 1 Nick Edgar CLA 2002-05-13 11:30:34 EDT
Bumped up severity to reflect priority.
Comment 2 Dejan Glozic CLA 2002-05-20 21:41:04 EDT
Removed.