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\keyword keyboard focus
- Qt's widgets handle keyboard focus in the ways that have become
+ Qt's widgets handle keyboard focus in ways that have become
customary in GUIs.
The basic issue is that the user's key strokes can be directed at any
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
\section1 Focus Motion
- The customs which have evolved for directing keyboard focus to a
+ The customs that have evolved for directing keyboard focus to a
particular widget are these:
\list 1
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
You can customize the tab order using QWidget::setTabOrder(). (If
you don't, \uicontrol Tab generally moves focus in the order of widget
- construction.) Qt Designer provides a means of visually
+ construction.) \QD provides a means of visually
changing the tab order.
Since pressing \uicontrol Tab is so common, most widgets that can have focus
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
handler that moves the focus.
For example, in a data entry dialog, there might be a field that
- is only necessary in one per cent of all cases. In such a dialog,
+ is only necessary in one percent of all cases. In such a dialog,
\uicontrol Tab could skip this field, and the dialog could use one of
these mechanisms:
@@ -126,14 +126,17 @@
explicitly using focus accelerators such as those provided by
QLabel::setBuddy(), QGroupBox, and QTabBar.
- We advise supporting shortcut focus for all widgets that the user
+ Your application can support shortcut focus for all widgets that the user
may want to jump to. For example, a tab dialog can have keyboard
shortcuts for each of its pages, so the user can press e.g. \uicontrol
- Alt+P to step to the \underline{P}rinting page. It is easy to
- overdo this: there are only a few keys, and it's also important
- to provide keyboard shortcuts for commands. \uicontrol Alt+P is also
- used for Paste, Play, Print, and Print Here in the \l{Standard
- Accelerator Keys} list, for example.
+ Alt+P to step to the \underline{P}rinting page. Keep in mind that it's easy
+ to overdo this, as there are only a few keys, and also important to provide
+ keyboard shortcuts for commands. Refer to the design guidelines for the
+ platform you target, for example Microsoft's \l
+ {https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/windows/desktop/dnacc/guidelines-for-keyboard-user-interface-design}
+ {guidelines for keyboard user interface design} or Apple's \l
+ {https://developer.apple.com/design/human-interface-guidelines/inputs/focus-and-selection/}
+ {focus and selection} guidelines.
\section2 The User Rotates the Mouse Wheel