#188894 Arrow keys L/R don't work in Downloaded dialog

Package:
aptitude
Source:
aptitude
Description:
terminal-based package manager
Submitter:
Harald Dunkel
Date:
2021-01-31 06:33:09 UTC
Severity:
wishlist
Tags:
#188894#5
Date:
2003-04-13 20:10:00 UTC
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Hi folks,

After aptitude has downloaded the packages to install, I get
the usual popup saying

    +------------------------------------+
    |Downloaded 4449kB in 51s (86.7kB/s).|
    |   [ Continue ]       [ Cancel ]    |
    +------------------------------------+

But I cannot select [Cancel] to break. If I press Cursor Right,
then the base window contents is scrolled to the left instead.

$TERM is xterm.


Regards

Harri
#188894#10
Date:
2003-04-13 21:10:30 UTC
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On Sun, Apr 13, 2003 at 10:10:00PM +0200, Harald Dunkel <harri@synopsys.COM> was heard to say:

  You should be able to select it by pressing Tab or the mouse.  Cursor
keys are deliberately passed through, because there's no other way to
scroll the information in the background.

  Daniel
#188894#15
Date:
2003-04-14 17:36:48 UTC
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Hi Daniel,

Daniel Burrows wrote:
Many thanx for the hint.

I can't say that I am a GUI user, but to me it seems pretty strange
that a popup asking for confirmation doesn't have the exclusive input
focus. Especially since the cursor keys do work in other popups, e.g.
the Exit popup.


Regards

Harri
#188894#20
Date:
2003-04-14 22:03:38 UTC
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  That would be the normal thing, but it's also very annoying to not be
able to scroll the backdrop while the dialog is visible.  Now that
you've brought this up, I'm wondering if maybe I should back it out,
though (that's why I haven't closed the bug)

  For your curiosity, this was added in version 0.2.5 on 7/23/01.

  Daniel
#188894#25
Date:
2005-04-28 01:24:37 UTC
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  For anyone playing along at home, the plan for dealing with this bug is to
utilize the new "fragment" text layout system to cleanly wrap download items
(so left/right scrolling isn't necessary).

  Daniel
#188894#28
Date:
2005-04-28 01:24:37 UTC
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  For anyone playing along at home, the plan for dealing with this bug is to
utilize the new "fragment" text layout system to cleanly wrap download items
(so left/right scrolling isn't necessary).

  Daniel
#188894#33
Date:
2015-09-01 01:19:45 UTC
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Still found nowadays.

The dialog asking to confirm to "quit" works fine with the right and
left cursors causing to switch between buttons, so maybe the
implementation should be copied.