Re: [Audacity-devel] multiple label tracks

[James C. <cr...@in...>]

Gale Andrews wrote:
> I suggested exactly the same thing when we were discussing it and Leland
> felt it was too presumptuous to assume that the user wanted to switch
> focus after ENTER. You also have to consider if the user has multiple
> tracks, he may not want to switch focus to the one which our rule has
> decided he should switch to. He was also concerned what happens if there
> is no audio track to switch focus to.  

> With the old code I always used to just use the arrow key after ENTER to
> switch focus, and I pointed that out to David B, and also that
> potentially you could use a modifier for playback hotkeys to work round
> the problem. I think the upshot was that screen reader users need the
> focus in the Label Track while playing the corresponding audio.  

> Gale 

OK, in that case I leave it as it now is (Ctrl-B not needed, focus left 
on label track after label complete).  Needing Ctrl-B to start a label I 
found a very significant backward step.  Done right changes which make 
things better for visually impaired users should be win-win, they should 
help everyone.  The two solutions you suggest (arrow key, or use a 
modifier) seem perfectly reasonable to me.

Another possible solution is a preference (normally on) 'Typing in Label 
Track starts new label'.  I'm not planning to add that new preference at 
this stage.  I'll be much happier about adding extra preferences when we 
have context-help integrated with the preferences, which will be after 
1.4.0.


--James.