RE: Filesel drag and drop

[Alex Larsson <alexl redhat com>]

On Thu, 2 Aug 2001, Bill Haneman wrote:

> > From: Alex Larsson <alexl redhat com>
> > To: <gtk-devel-list gnome org>
> > Subject: Filesel drag and drop
> > 
> > Here is a patch that adds some drag and drop support too the file
> > selector. Can i commit this?
> > 
> > / Alex
> 
> Hi Alex:
> 
> When adding or designing d'n'd features please keep in mind that to be
> 100% accessible there should be a keyboard equivalent for the
> operation.  (I admit I didn't read your patch closely enough to tell
> if the d'n'd support you propose is already keyboardable, but usually
> the answer is 'no').  So my view (admittedly biased) is that no new
> d'n'd features should be added to GTK+ without accompanying keyboard
> equivalents...

Well. These are merely shortcuts for typing in the filename in the entry, 
but if you have any ideas how to make the fileselector more accessible 
they would be appreciated.

/ Alex