Re: [orca-list] GNOME Shell Dialogs

[Alex Midence <alex midence gmail com>]

Robert,

That was excellent.  Way better than my explanation.  You were able to 
flesh it out and enrich it with your visual descriptions.  A bunch of 
stuff just made a lot more sense for me on how it operated.

Learned something new, thank you.

Alex M
On 5/31/2012 5:31 PM, Robert Cole wrote:
> Yes. GNOME Shell has a different array of keyboard shortcuts as 
> compared to Unity, but it, in version 3.4, has become MUCH more 
> accessible as compared to version 3.2 (which was decently accessible 
> as well). Here [1] is a GNOME Shell Cheat Sheet which I found that has 
> a pretty good explanation of the keyboard shortcuts for GNOME Shell.
>
> Just a quick note. Unity consists of a panel on the top (the main 
> panel with applets such as networking, volume, etc) and the launcher 
> panel on the left-hand side of the screen (positioned vertically) on 
> which exist launchers for various favorite applications.
>
> In contrast, the GNOME Shell desktop consists of a top panel alone. 
> There also exists an area at the bottom of the screen which displays 
> notifications for various events (e.g. Removable Media, Update 
> Notifications, etc), but I do not know if this is accessible with Orca 
> yet or not, as I have not tried it personally.
>
> When on the desktop, you can (as Alex pointed out) press CTRL+ALT+Tab 
> to jump between the desktop and the top panel. When in the top panel, 
> you can press the left and right arrow keys to navigate through its 
> different elements.
>
> When you press the Super (Windows) key -OR- ALT+F1, the Activities 
> Overview opens and overshadows the desktop. By default, the Activities 
> Overview opens with the Search field having focus by default. You can 
> start typing in the name of an application to search for a program 
> which you want to use. The Activities Overview consists of a few 
> different areas which I will briefly describe below. You can use the 
> CTRL+ALT+Tab keyboard combination to navigate between these different 
> areas.
>
> On the far left exists a vertical column of icons which are launchers 
> for your favorite applications (I believe this area is called the 
> "Dash"). The next area, in the middle of the Activities Overview, 
> contains two tabs, one labelled "Windows" and the other labelled 
> "Applications". The Windows tab displays previews of all currently 
> opened windows. As to whether or not the contents of the Windows tab 
> is accessible I do not know as I have not really used it personally; I 
> will have to test it out later today. The Applications tab displays a 
> tiled line-up of all installed applications on the system; I can say 
> that this tab is accessible. On the far right of the Activities 
> Overview is where the Search area exists. All of these areas can be 
> navigated to by using CTRL+ALT+Tab.
>
> I hope that my explanations of the GNOME Shell desktop are helpful. I 
> am just explaining what I am able to see by using magnification in the 
> hopes that it will be of some help to you in your experience with the 
> desktop environment.
>
> I hope that you will find this information helpful, and I apologize 
> for the lengthy e-mail.
>
> Take care, Krishnakant, and kind regards.
>
> [1] https://live.gnome.org/GnomeShell/CheatSheet
>
> On 05/31/2012 02:55 PM, Alex Midence wrote:
> > No, the keys are totally different for shell.  The areas sound and
> > function similarly to Unity 2d (or, the other way around since unity
> > is based on shell, I think), but getting to them uses different
> > keystrokes.  Briefly:
> >
> > alt f1 shell search:  Type the name of the app you want and it will
> > find it for you and give you choices of matches.  Use this as a
> > starting point to navigate the shell.  Use the control alt tab keys to
> > cycle through the panels such as dash, applicaitons, Windows ETC.
> > alt f2:  Run command dialog.  Use same as gnome 2.
> >
> >  From anywhere within gnome3:  Control alt tab takes you to top
> > activity area.  Hitting left and right arrow here lets you navigate
> > the top menu bar.
> >
> > This should get you started.  From here, just explore the areas the
> > way you would explore gnome 2 pannels.
> >
> > Have fun,
> > Alex M
> >
> > On 5/31/12, Krishnakant Mane<krmane gmail com>  wrote:
> > > So what should I do to get the accessible shell?
> > > Can I access the menus like that in Unity 2D?
> > > Is the top panel also accessible with Orca?
> > > I press alt +f1 to get the launcher menu in Unity and alt + f10 for the
> > > top panel.
> > > Are the keyboard shortcuts similar in gnome shell?
> > > happy hacking.
> > > Krishnakant.
> > >
> > > On 05/31/2012 11:10 PM, Joanmarie Diggs wrote:
> > > > On 05/31/2012 01:21 PM, Krishnakant Mane wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Last time I tryed gnome shell, Orca did not read those menus.
> > > > > I had to type in the - pain the name of the application which I 
> > > > > wish to
> > > > > open.
> > > > > Although typing first few letters of the app would give it to me,
> > > > That sounds like the old gnome run dialog; not the gnome-shell run
> > > > dialog.
> > > >
> > > > > would still be better if we had an accessible launcher menu like 
> > > > > that in
> > > > > Unity 2d.
> > > > As far as I am aware, the equivalent of the Unity launcher is the 
> > > > GNOME
> > > > Shell Dash. And the GNOME Shell Dash is now accessible.
> > > >
> > > > Take care.
> > > > --joanie
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