Re: Undesired slow-keys popup

[Bill Haneman <Bill Haneman Sun COM>]

Gregg Vanderheiden wrote:

> That is a bug
>
> Slowkeys should turn on only if key is held down for 8 seconds and there is
> NO action on the keyboard or mouse. 
>
> Ditto for StickKeys.   5 shift keys with NO other keys and NO mouse use. 
>  
I am pretty certain that is the current behavior.    I think that the 
reporter is just holding Shift down for 8 second periods 'in between' 
mouse operations, thus triggering the popup.

Bill

> Gregg
>
> -- ------------------------------ 
> Gregg C Vanderheiden Ph.D. 
> Professor - Ind. Engr. & BioMed Engr.
> Director - Trace R & D Center 
> University of Wisconsin-Madison 
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gnome-accessibility-list-bounces gnome org
> [mailto:gnome-accessibility-list-bounces gnome org] On Behalf Of Jazz Daq
> Sent: Friday, July 22, 2005 3:58 AM
> To: gnome-accessibility-list gnome org
> Subject: Undesired slow-keys popup
>
> Hi,
>
> I use the keyboard accessibility features, in particular, Mouse Keys.
> However, there is an accessibility feature that I find particularly
> annoying:
>
> If accessibility and Mouse Keys are enabled, and you hold down the shift key
> for more than 8 seconds, a popup appears, requesting:
>
>   "Would you like to activate Slow Keys?"
>
> When using certain applications, it is quite common to hold the shift key or
> another key down for 8 seconds during normal work, for multiple graphical
> item selection, for example.  The unwanted appearance of the Slow Keys
> dialog is quite annoying.  In addition to its annoying presence, it causes
> the keyboard to stop working in all applications until you press Cancel.
>
> I would recommend disabling this automatic popup, or allowing the user to
> selectively disable it.  I think the former solution is better, because if a
> user is able to turn on keyboard accessibility he/she can also turn on Slow
> Keys manually.
>
> Thanks for considering this request.  Best regards,
>
> Dave.
>
>
>
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