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diff --git a/help/C/pref-keyboard-access.page b/help/C/pref-keyboard-access.page new file mode 100644 index 0000000..816c34b --- /dev/null +++ b/help/C/pref-keyboard-access.page @@ -0,0 +1,101 @@ +<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" + type="guide" + id="pref-keyboard-access"> + + <info> + <revision version="0.1" date="2013-02-25" status="candidate"/> + <revision version="0.2" pkgversion="3.34" date="2020-01-04" status="review"/> + <link type="guide" xref="index#preferences"/> + <link type="guide" xref="pref#global"/> + <link type="seealso" xref="pref-menubar"/> + + <credit type="author copyright"> + <name>Sindhu S</name> + <email>sindhus@live.in</email> + <years>2013</years> + </credit> + <credit type="copyright editor"> + <name>Ekaterina Gerasimova</name> + <email>kittykat3756@gmail.com</email> + <years>2013</years> + </credit> + <credit type="copyright editor"> + <name>Michael Hill</name> + <email>mdhillca@gmail.com</email> + <years>2013</years> + </credit> + + <include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/> + + <desc>Navigate around <app>Terminal</app> menus using keyboard keys.</desc> + </info> + + <title>Keyboard accessibility</title> + + <note style="important"> + <!-- see https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-terminal/issues/145 --> + <p>These keys will only have an effect in windows in which the menubar is + set to be visible.</p> + <p>Right click in the <app>Terminal</app> window and select + <gui style="checkbox">Show Menubar</gui> to display the menubar.</p> + </note> + + <p>You can navigate the <app>Terminal</app> menu using a combination of keys + that are called <em>mnemonics</em> or a special key that takes you directly + to the first menu in the menubar which is called the <em>menu accelerator + key</em>.</p> + + <section id="mnemonics"> + <title>Mnemonics</title> + + <p><app>Terminal</app> menu can be accessed by combining the <key>Alt</key> + key and a letter of the menu item. The letter that you need to use to + access the menu will be underlined when you hold down the + <key>Alt</key>.</p> + + <p>For example, view the <gui style="menu">Edit</gui> menu using + <keyseq><key>Alt</key><key>E</key></keyseq>. Similarly, you can access + <gui style="menu">File</gui> menu using + <keyseq><key>Alt</key><key>F</key></keyseq>.</p> + + <p>To enable mnemonics:</p> + + <steps> + <item> + <p>Press the menu button in the top-right corner of the window and select + <gui style="menuitem">Preferences</gui>.</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>In the sidebar, select <gui>General</gui>.</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>Check <gui style="checkbox">Enable mnemonics</gui>.</p> + </item> + </steps> + + </section> + + <section id="menu-accelerator"> + <title>Menu accelerator key</title> + + <p>This setting brings up the <gui style="menu">File</gui> menu when the menu + accelerator key is pressed. This key is usually <key>F10</key> by + default.</p> + + <steps> + <item> + <p>Press the menu button in the top-right corner of the window and select + <gui style="menuitem">Preferences</gui>.</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>In the sidebar, select <gui>General</gui>.</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>Check <gui style="checkbox">Enable the menu accelerator + key</gui>.</p> + </item> + </steps> + + </section> + +</page> |