[Qt4-preview-feedback] Assistant navigation regression

[Karsten Heimrich]

Hi Philippe,

philwave at gmail.com wrote:
> In previous version (4.4x) of Qt, you used standard keys for the Back and  
> Forward Assistant functions.
> Under Windows, this i: Alt+Left and Alt+Right.
> And as a matter of fact, these are standard keys according to the Qt  
> Reference (cf.
> QKeySequence). And indeed, PC keyboards that have extended keys use
> these shortcuts (eg. my Microsoft Keyboad).
> Therefore it was really good AND standard in Qt 4.4.
> You even use these shortcuts for the Browser Demo Application.
> 
> BUT in Qt 4.5 Assistant, you have changed for new non-standard shortcuts!
> This breaks the compatibility. I consider this as a regression
> and suggest to come to the earlier situation.

This got fixed last week, but it seems it didn't make it into the RC.

> Moreover, in Qt 4.4, you added code to handle XButton1 and XButton2  
> releases
> to go backward and forward, respectively (which is standard to browse with  
> the mouse buttons).
> This does not work anymore in Qt 4.5 :-(

I can't reproduce the mouse problem. To test the navigation, I used MS 
IntelliMouse Explorer 3 and MS ARC Mouse and both work as expected.


Best regards,
-- 
Karsten Heimrich - karsten.heimrich (AT) nokia.com
Software Engineer - Nokia, Qt Software
Rudower Chaussee 13, 12489 Berlin, Germany