[PR #1031] [MERGED] Enable use of keyboard to modify screens #1747

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📋 Pull Request Information

Original PR: https://github.com/debauchee/barrier/pull/1031
Author: @albertony
Created: 1/21/2021
Status: ✅ Merged
Merged: 1/25/2021
Merged by: @p12tic

Base: master ← Head: keyboard_ui

📝 Commits (1)

4ee6a54 Enable use of keyboard to modify screens

📊 Changes

4 files changed (+78 additions, -7 deletions)

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➕ doc/newsfragments/gui-keyboard-enabled-screen-layout.feature (+1 -0)
📝 src/gui/src/ScreenSetupModel.cpp (+1 -1)
📝 src/gui/src/ScreenSetupView.cpp (+72 -6)
📝 src/gui/src/ScreenSetupView.h (+4 -0)

📄 Description

This change enables the use of keyboard to modify screen layout.

Existing version relies on drag&drop mouse operation only. I think adding the possibility to use keyboard navigation is a nice addition, and for some it is even a requirement to be able to use the application properly.

With this you can do the following in the "Server Configuration" dialog's "Screen and links" tab:

Press tab key to get into the screen grid, and tab again to get focus out from the grid again.
Press arrow keys, page up/down, home/end, ctrl+home/end, etc to move within the screen grid.
Press enter key to open screen settings for existing screen in current cell, or insert new if cell is empty.
Press delete key to delete the screen in current cell.
Hold control while pressing arrow keys to move/swap screens with adjacent ones.

Hopefully this fixes https://github.com/debauchee/barrier/issues/1030, but there might be other changes that are needed as well for it to be 100% covered..

_{🔄 This issue represents a GitHub Pull Request. It cannot be merged through Gitea due to API limitations.}

## 📋 Pull Request Information **Original PR:** https://github.com/debauchee/barrier/pull/1031 **Author:** [@albertony](https://github.com/albertony) **Created:** 1/21/2021 **Status:** ✅ Merged **Merged:** 1/25/2021 **Merged by:** [@p12tic](https://github.com/p12tic) **Base:** `master` ← **Head:** `keyboard_ui` --- ### 📝 Commits (1) - [`4ee6a54`](https://github.com/debauchee/barrier/commit/4ee6a54d41a4aa53820f3a7fe50ff0d53b3e9ad2) Enable use of keyboard to modify screens ### 📊 Changes **4 files changed** (+78 additions, -7 deletions) <details> <summary>View changed files</summary> ➕ `doc/newsfragments/gui-keyboard-enabled-screen-layout.feature` (+1 -0) 📝 `src/gui/src/ScreenSetupModel.cpp` (+1 -1) 📝 `src/gui/src/ScreenSetupView.cpp` (+72 -6) 📝 `src/gui/src/ScreenSetupView.h` (+4 -0) </details> ### 📄 Description This change enables the use of keyboard to modify screen layout. Existing version relies on drag&drop mouse operation only. I think adding the possibility to use keyboard navigation is a nice addition, and for [some](https://github.com/debauchee/barrier/issues/1030) it is even a requirement to be able to use the application properly. With this you can do the following in the "Server Configuration" dialog's "Screen and links" tab: - Press tab key to get into the screen grid, and tab again to get focus out from the grid again. - Press arrow keys, page up/down, home/end, ctrl+home/end, etc to move within the screen grid. - Press enter key to open screen settings for existing screen in current cell, or insert new if cell is empty. - Press delete key to delete the screen in current cell. - Hold control while pressing arrow keys to move/swap screens with adjacent ones. Hopefully this fixes https://github.com/debauchee/barrier/issues/1030, but there might be other changes that are needed as well for it to be 100% covered.. --- <sub>🔄 This issue represents a GitHub Pull Request. It cannot be merged through Gitea due to API limitations.</sub>