Re: [orca-list] Questions about MATE

[Øyvind Lode <oyvind lode gmail com>]

Hi again,

Probably not helpful at all.
I open caja and tried open a directory in a terminal but I did not
find that option.
I hit the application key on the directory and I got a menu with
several options like open, open in a new tab and open in a new window
etc.

I hit enter on open in a new window and the new window got focus
automatically and orca could interact with it.
I also used alt+tab to cycle through all other open windows like a breeze.

On 11 December 2017 at 19:42, Øyvind Lode <oyvind lode gmail com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've just started out playing with Mate and Linux.
> That said I'm quite familiar with linux but only from a text console
> and doing admin work via ssh etc.
>
> I'm running mate 1.18 with orca 3.26.0 and I'm quite impressed so far.
> I'm typing this message from my linux box using the gmail web
> interface with firefox and orca and it works quite nicely.
>
> I've not used the file manager caja yet but I will play with it to see
> what happens here on my machine.
> I'm not familiar with display managers or window managers.
> I have no idea what I'm using over here but I saw something about lightdm.
> I guess that's the display manager :)
>
> I will come back to you as soon as I get a chance taking a look.
> I'm busy learning orca :)
>
> Thanks,
>
> Øyvind
>
> On 11 December 2017 at 10:59, Didier Spaier <didier slint fr> wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > eventually I will ship Mate 1.16 in Slint.
> >
> > I would like to have the opinion and feedback of blind Mate users about
> > the focus model (advice from devs also welcome, of course).
> >
> > The default focus model is "click to focus", which is good as when we do
> > something that opens a new window, the new window gets the focus and is
> > raised.
> >
> > However, I have seen some circumstances where this is not the case, like
> > opening a directory in a terminal from Caja. The terminal that has just
> > been opened don't get the focus, and stay in the background (below the
> > other windows if there is not enough free space on the screen)
> >
> > Do you encounter this behavior? If yes, how do you overcome that:
> > cycling among the opened windows with Alt+Tab, other way?
> >
> > I have considered replacing the Marco window manager with Fvwm that is
> > more powerful and always gives the focus to the new window if properly
> > configured, but I am at a loss to find a command that I could associate
> > to Alt+F1 in its config file to raise the panel's menu. I have posted
> > about that on mate IRC channels, no answer so far.
> >
> > What do you think?
> >
> > Greetings,
> >
> > Didier
> >
> > PS Are there significant improvements in Mate's accessibility upgrading
> > to Mate 1.18? I ask to know if delaying again the Slint release to
> > upgrade Mate is worth it.
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