Re: New functionalities for dialog?

[Thomas Dickey]

On Thu, 14 May 2009, Christophe Lohr wrote:

> Hi,
>  May I suggest new functionnalities to improve interactivity of dialog?
>
> For instance, when dialog has to present a very long check list, it would
> be nice to have some short keys (or accessibility keys)... for instance:
> - press [J]: find and Jump to an item in the list

typing a letter makes dialog jump to the first match, then to the second, 
etc.

Perhaps function-keys could be assigned for additional features...

> - press [O]: set all to On
> - press [F]: set all to oFF
> - press [R]: Revert selection
> - press [U]: Undo last selection
> - etc.
>
> This could be implemented outside dialog, in a shell script arround dialog
> (a sub-menu called by the extra-button), however it would be more convenient
> if it was provided by dialog itself, isn't it ?
>
> Best regards,
> Christophe
>
>
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