Subj : OpenXP noob questions
To   : Martin Foster
From : August Abolins
Date : Wed Apr 10 2019 21:50:00

Hello Martin!

** 10.04.19 - 14:19, Martin Foster wrote to August Abolins:

MF> [snip]
AA>> OK.  But I don't understand WHY a simply down-arrow can't land on all of
AA>> the items in the menu.  The down arrow only selects either [1] Help on
AA>> help, or [2] Command line switches:

AA>> ÉÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ»
AA>> º                                                        º
AA>> º     °°°°°°°°°° = Online Help Contents = °°°°°°°°°°     º
AA>> º                                                        º
AA>> º           tab ->     Help on Help      <-via dn arrow  º
AA>> º                                                        º
AA>> º           tab ->       Hotkeys                         º
AA>> º                                                        º
AA>> º           tab -> Command line switches <-via dn arrow  º
AA>> º                                                        º
AA>> º           tab ->       Support                         º
AA>> º                                                        º
AA>> º           tab ->  Licence conditions                   º
AA>> º                                                        º
AA>> º  <Tab>  ... go to next cross-reference                 º
MF>         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
MF>                               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^



MF> That's because the first five items are cross-references(links) and
MF> the help topic is just one single page.


Visually, the above is just a menu/list to me.  So, using the arrows to  
navigate would be natural.  But I understand that Tab is literally the  
"operating" key in many places in the program.


AA>> It just gets a little confusing when to use the tab and when arrow keys
AA>> would work.  :(

MF> Welcome to the world of OpenXP :)

Yeah.. to the "mysterious" world of OpenXP.   <G>


  ../|ug

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