Behaviour of TAB key in metadata panel

Started by ben, February 15, 2021, 11:00:40 PM

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ben

Please adapt the behaviour of the TAB key in the metadata panel to the behaviour in the keyword panel.
TAB should select the first item of the thesaurus drop down.


I recall, there was a FR for the metadata panel a while ago.
The metadata panel got updated, which works as other windows drop downs now.
The metadata panel should work the same way.

Thanks for considering this!

Ben

Mario

The <Tab> key in the Metadata panel (and <Shift>+<Tab>) is used to navigate between the tag input fields for speed purposes.
The <Cursor-down> key selects entries in the Thesaurus after you've typed some text. And then <Return> applies that entry and closes the Thesaurus drop-down.
To open the thesaurus drop-down without starting typing, press <Ctrl>+<Cursor down>. Then <Cursor down> to select and <Enter> to apply.
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ben

Couldn't we use TAB for both functions?

When drop down is not visible: TAB navigates to the next input
When the drop down is visible: TAB works like in the keyword panel

This way the current behaviour is kept and TAB  additionally behaves more windows style for a drop down and also equal to the keyword panel

Ben

Mario

This behavior is in place since IMatch 5 and I bet it would cause a lot of confusion and problems when I suddenly change how the <Tab> key works in the metadata panel.
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