Re: [Usability] sticky keys and alt-tab

[Lennart Borgman <lennart borgman 073 student lu se>]

Elijah Newren wrote:
> On 9/12/06, Maurizio Colucci <maurizio colucci gmail com> wrote:
>   
> > Hello,
> >
> > if I enable sticky keys (control panel -> keyboard -> accessibility), I
> > loose the ability to ALT-TAB (unless, of course, I keep ALT pressed, which
> > defeats the purpose of using sticky keys). Is there any way to switch the
> > active window with the keyboard  which does not require holding buttons?
> > Thanks for any help.
> >     
>
> If you have sticky keys enabled, you should be able to "make alt be
> pressed and held" (not sure if this has a technical term) by hitting
> alt twice.  Then hit tab however many times you need.  Then "release
> alt" by hitting alt again.  In other words, to get the behavior
> equivalent to
>    <press-alt>-<tab>-<tab>-<tab>-<release-alt>
> but with sticky keys, you would instead use the key sequence
>    <alt>-<alt>-<tab>-<tab>-<tab>-<alt>
>
> Hope that helps,
> Elijah
>   
I would expect it to work with just one press of Alt. That is the way it 
works on MS Windows and I think it is convenient. Is there any reason 
that it should be harder on GNOME?