[Fluxbox-users] [[e-mail]: Menu: slecting itmes via keyboard]

[m***@gmx.de]

Hi,

I am an ex-IceWM-user and changed to Fluxbox since the IceWM
development seems to be in hibernation mode...(?).

I choose fluxbox, cause I am keyboard addicted and only love the
moude for things like using Blender, Inkscape and such, where a
real positioning of something is needed. But this is only a personal
opinion...

The IceWM application menu have one neat feature: You can pop up the
menu be a hot key (I configured fluxbox to do that also) and you can
select an application by pressing the first character of its name
(works in fluxbox also) and -- if there were more than one application
starting with the same character, you can select the nth application
by pressing the starting character n times.

The last thing ... the selection of the nth application -- I miss
from IceWM.

Is there any way to configure fluxbox to do the same thing?

Thank you very much in advance for any help!

Best regards,
mcc

[Frank McCormick]

Post by m***@gmx.de
The IceWM application menu have one neat feature: You can pop up the
menu be a hot key and you can
select an application by pressing the first character of its name
and -- if there were more than one application
starting with the same character, you can select the nth application
by pressing the starting character n times.
The last thing I miss
from IceWM.
Is there any way to configure fluxbox to do the same thing?

The short answer is "no"
I too have switched to flux from ice...for the same reason.

[Chris Ahlstrom]

-------- Frank McCormick 15:21 Thu 17 Sep --------

Post by Frank McCormick

Post by m***@gmx.de
The IceWM application menu have one neat feature: You can pop up the
menu be a hot key and you can
select an application by pressing the first character of its name
and -- if there were more than one application
starting with the same character, you can select the nth application
by pressing the starting character n times.
The last thing I miss
from IceWM.
Is there any way to configure fluxbox to do the same thing?

The short answer is "no"
I too have switched to flux from ice...for the same reason.

Just type the name. E.g. "E" will highlight Evolution. Then "x" will
highlight Exit.