No switching between panels using keyboard (Tab)

by Jude2 (Posted Mon Jan 02, 2017 12:42 pm)
I just discovered yet another complication: The list of destinations that can be reached with navigation depends on whether or not an entry is selected in the thumbs/details pane.

Immediately after selected a new folder by clicking in the folder pane, I see 16 possible destinations in the destination ring. As soon as I select a file in the thumbs/details pane, the number of possible destinations increases to 19. If I switch to a different folder by clicking in the Folders pane, the number of destinations goes back down to 16.

I am counting the ring size by:
1) Hit key until entry in Path bar is highlighted (this is one of the two destinations that shows visible changes when I "arrive" and "leave")
2) Count the number of keystrokes it takes to go all the way around the ring and get back to Path.

This is just my personal opinion: The large number of possible destinations in the key destination ring, the variable construction of the ring, and the fact that focus isn't visible in the UI all combine to make the current implementation of navigation pretty much useless.

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