Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 9521
Focus on number of copies field in print dialog
Last modified: 2008-02-13 12:37:32 UTC
If I press CTRL-P a) in Word the focus is on the number of copies I would like to print b) in OOo I must 4 times press TAB for getting the focus to number of copies I would like to print. This is very annoing since I need in 95% of cases 2 copies.
changing type to ENHANCEMENT, assigning to UE
Could this be done before 1.1 Final, please?
> in OOo I must 4 times press TAB for getting the focus to number of > copies Every considered using Alt-C to activate this field? :) > since I need in 95% of cases 2 copies just a general remark: such changes are difficult to decide, because you need to fit the expectations of the majority of users, and this majority is always difficult to determine ....
At least it is a standart behavior of Word (de-facto a standart for now)... 95% of peaple are used to this behavior.
confirming at least as a valid RFE
Will it make into 1.1?
most probably not anymore
Dear developers, any chance for this trivial issue to be fixed?
I vote for this change too, as it makes no sense to have the focus on the printer selection droplist. Changing the printer will unlikely be done by keyboard but by mouse. And for selecting the printer by mouse the initial focus on this control is not important. Its much more user friendly for heavy keyboard user to simply type in the amount of copies and simply press enter to start printing instead to press Crtl + C first
Attached is a patch against OOG680_m2. Please review. There is no check for "number of copies" field length because it's always 1 by default AFAIK. Issue type is changed to PATCH.
Created attachment 47785 [details] Proposed patch
maNumCopies.SetZOrder(0, WINDOW_ZORDER_FIRST); may be changed to maNumCopies.GrabFocus(); Not sure which method is preferable...
Seems that this issue got lost somehow. Thanks for the patch. Philipp, are you the right one to have a look? Besides that I agree that having the focus on "number of copies" is a much more logical choice. Looking around all controls it even seems to be the best.
will do. GrabFocus would work, the other, too, as a side effect (ZOrder is actually to my knowledge intended to influence the paint order). The usual tab order and activation of the first control depends on the declaration in the corresponding header file, so changing that order should work, too. I'll change this in CWS vcl82.
using GrabFocus now to set the initial focus. fixed in CWS vcl82
please verify in CWS vcl82
Verified with cws vcl82 = ok
Created attachment 48515 [details] Testcase spezification of the default focus at the print dialog
I suggest to set selection on number of copies. In this case you don't need to select or delete the number, just Ctrl+P, type any number, Enter instead of Ctrl+P, Shift+Right Arrow (or Del), type any number, Enter.
Still ok in OOH680m6_9268