[sugar] frame auto-visibility configuration

Gary C Martin gary at garycmartin.com
Wed Sep 24 11:34:30 EDT 2008


On 24 Sep 2008, at 16:12, Erik Garrison wrote:

> On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 11:03:01AM -0400, Chris Ball wrote:
>> Hi Erik,
>>
>>> Hello all, On tabbing we are currently auto-toggling the frame.
>>> Are we sure that this is necessary?  Could we include a
>>> configuration option to change this?
>>
>> Sounds good, I'd agree with just removing it completely.
>
> Me too.

I thought there was a bug with the current implementation that has  
slipped this release cycle. I understood the Frame was to reveal and  
then as you alt-tabbed you could see the focus move between the  
Activity instances (i.e. no switching has yet happened), and when you  
finally release the alt key (on the instance you are really after, not  
the Journal ;-b ), that instance is then focused.

I agree if you are just tabbing between 2 instances the frame reveal  
is an unnecessary burden, but with 3 activities you'll probably be  
focusing on something you don't want 50% of the time (at least most  
kids will). More than 3 and you really are just ploughing the XO  
through a heap of Activity redraws.

I couldn't find the original trac ticket for this, anyone remember  
(wanted to go see where dev stalled)?

--Gary


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