[Users] number of widgets per row on address (to/cc/...) fields

[Flavio Leitner]

On Sun, 29 Jul 2012 05:53:36 +0530
Sitaram Chamarty <sitaramc at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sun, Jul 29, 2012 at 1:43 AM, Dan Arico <dan_arico at aricosystems.com> wrote:
> > On Sat, 28 Jul 2012 22:59:50 +0530
> > Sitaram Chamarty <sitaramc at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I'm a recent convert from Thunderbird, pulled in by the search feature
> >> being much nicer (for me anyway).  At present I like *everything*
> >> about claws, except the mail compose window.
> >>
> >> This window is (my subjective opinion) very annoying for
> >> keyboard-only users.
> >>
> >> Specifically, navigating from one address line to the next requires 4
> >> tab keys, because there are 4 widgets on each row.  TB gives you the
> >> same function [1] with 2 widgets.
> >
> > Use the arrow keys. It's much quicker.
> 
> Doh!  <smack palm to forehead>
> 
> Thanks!  It's safe to say you literally saved me a few hours work
> migrating back to TB because this was frustrating me enough to
> consider doing just that.  (And since I love the rest of claws I was
> even cooking up ways to use TB only for *writing* emails -- since most
> of my active mail is on an IMAP server that would be quite doable!)
> 
> I *still* dont like those extra widgets (I think they're a waste, if
> you ever see how TB does it you'll know) but now it's only a
> philosophical point and not a real irritant to my actual *use*!

It would be nice if someone write a doc explaining how to use
claws-mail with keyboard only.  These details, like using the
arrow keys, helps a lot and it's not obvious to everybody.

fbl