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Re: accessibility of Linux version

 

I think I found the issue with the keyboard navigation - committed in
revision 865

Regards,

Jaap


On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 9:36 PM Jaap Karssenberg <jaap.karssenberg@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Hi Vojta,
>
> With respect to Ctrl-Space and Tab behavior, I see what you mean. I'm
> working on it.
>
> As Mukli already wrote, "zim --plugin trayicon" can be used to start just
> the tray icon. Setting a global shortcut key for your desktop can not be
> done from within zim. So there is no accelerator to open the trayicon menu.
>
> However there are solutions to set a global keybinding, depending on your
> desktop environment. These typically trigger a command. Setting one for
> "zim" or "zim --list" could come close to what you are looking for.
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Jaap
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 10:21 AM Mukli Krisztián <krisztianmukli@xxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>> Hello Vojta!
>>
>> To start zim in the system tray (icon visible, but no window popping up)
>> run zim --plugin trayicon
>>
>> Best regards
>>
>>
>> ---
>>
>> *Mukli Krisztián*
>> *mail: krisztianmukli@xxxxxxxx <krisztianmukli@xxxxxxxx>*
>> *web: www.mukli.hu <http://www.mukli.hu>*
>>
>>
>>
>> 25.04.2017 09:42 időpontban Vojtěch Polášek ezt írta:
>>
>> Hello,
>> my name is Vojta Polášek and I am a blind IT student from Czech
>> Republic. I selected Zim as my notetaking system. I am running latest
>> revision from BZR on Arch Linux with Gnome. I use Orca screenreader.
>> I have two questions, the first relates to accessibility of Zim.
>> Before I switched to the version from BZR, I ran the latest stable
>> version. I use ctrl+space to switch between side panel and writing area.
>> In stable version I was able to use TAB key to switch between list of
>> tabs (index, tags...) and actual tree control representing index to
>> select desired page. In the version from BZR this is no longer possible.
>> After pressing ctrl+space, I land on the tab control. AFter pressing TAB
>> I land on the button for adding of bookmarks. After that I am not able
>> to move anywhere with the TAB or shift+TAB key. Could you look at these
>> controls if they can be tabbed over?
>> Thank you.
>> My second question is about the tray icon. Is it possible to start zim
>> without showing the GUI, just starting it and showing the tray icon? I
>> would like to start zim after I login to my desktop. And what's more
>> important, when tray icon is shown, can I set some shortcut key to show
>> Zim?
>> Thank you very much and best regards,
>> Vojta
>>
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