Bug#518813: gucharmap: Focussing the font selection box not possible anymore

[Christian Ohm]

On Monday, 23 March 2009 at 22:32, Josselin Mouette wrote:
> It sounds to me, given how GTK+ works, that this change is intentional. 

Yes, it might even be a change in GTK and not gucharmap, so that "secondary"
widgets don't get focused anymore (I don't remember if I updated GTK at the
same time or not).

> If you can suggest an improvement on the behavior, feel free to provide
> ideas, but IMHO it would be a regression to just go back to the 2.22
> behavior.

Well, to me the current behaviour is a regression (gucharmap's homepage even
lists "switch among fonts quickly" as one of its features). The current
behaviour requires a "aim-click-aim-click" sequence (or
"click-downarrow-enter", one action less, but easier to get wrong since all
three are different, and involve both mouse and keyboard). An (optional) font
list box to the left (or right?) similar to the script/codeblock column might
be a good solution, if the former widget behaviour cannot be restored or is
deemed undesirable.

Best regards,
Christian Ohm