From: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>
To: Birger Skogeng Pedersen <birgersp@gmail.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] git-gui: Add hotkeys to change focus between ui widgets
Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2018 17:55:26 +0100 (STD) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <nycvar.QRO.7.76.6.1803051749060.20700@ZVAVAG-6OXH6DA.rhebcr.pbec.zvpebfbsg.pbz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20180228121052.10642-1-birgersp@gmail.com>
Hi Birger,
On Wed, 28 Feb 2018, Birger Skogeng Pedersen wrote:
> The user cannot change focus between the list of files, the diff view
> and the commit message widgets without using the mouse (clicking either of
> the four widgets ).
>
> Hotkeys CTRL/CMD+number (1-4) now focuses the first file of either the
> "Unstaged Changes" or "Staged Changes", the diff view or the
> commit message dialog widgets, respectively. This enables the user to
> select/unselect files, view the diff and create a commit in git-gui
> using keyboard-only.
I like this!
> diff --git a/git-gui/git-gui.sh b/git-gui/git-gui.sh
> index 91c00e648..f96c0a6b8 100755
>
> (This is my first patch ever, any feedback is highly appreciated)
I am not an expert in Tcl/Tk, but I'll do my best to comment on this
patch.
> --- a/git-gui/git-gui.sh
> +++ b/git-gui/git-gui.sh
> @@ -2664,6 +2664,38 @@ proc show_less_context {} {
> }
> }
>
> +proc select_first_path {w} {
> + global file_lists last_clicked selected_paths
> + if {[llength $file_lists($w)] > 0} {
> + focus $w
> + set last_clicked [list $w 1]
> + set path [lindex $file_lists($w) 0]
> + array unset selected_paths
> + set selected_paths($path) 1
> + show_diff $path $w
> + }
> +}
Do you think there is a way to focus on the last-selected path? That would
make this feature even more convenient, I think.
I am not sure that this information is still there if switching back from
another component...
> +proc select_first_unstaged_changes_path {} {
> + global ui_workdir
> + select_first_path $ui_workdir
> +}
> +
> +proc select_first_staged_changes_path {} {
> + global ui_index
> + select_first_path $ui_index
> +}
> +
> +proc focus_diff {} {
> + global ui_diff
> + focus $ui_diff
> +}
> +
> +proc focus_commit_message {} {
> + global ui_comm
> + focus $ui_comm
> +}
> +
> ######################################################################
> ##
> ## ui construction
> @@ -3876,6 +3908,11 @@ foreach i [list $ui_index $ui_workdir] {
> }
> unset i
>
> +bind . <$M1B-Key-1> {select_first_unstaged_changes_path}
> +bind . <$M1B-Key-2> {select_first_staged_changes_path}
> +bind . <$M1B-Key-3> {focus_diff}
> +bind . <$M1B-Key-4> {focus_commit_message}
> +
> set file_lists($ui_index) [list]
> set file_lists($ui_workdir) [list]
Looks good!
We are currently without an active Git GUI maintainer, so I hope that
Junio (the Git maintainer) will pick this up.
Ciao,
Johannes
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-03-05 16:55 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 46+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-02-20 13:32 git-gui, feature request: add hotkeys to focus different widgets Birger Skogeng Pedersen
2018-02-23 10:22 ` [PATCH] git-gui: Add hotkeys to change focus between ui widgets Birger Skogeng Pedersen
2018-02-23 16:42 ` Birger Skogeng Pedersen
2018-02-28 12:10 ` Birger Skogeng Pedersen
2018-03-05 16:55 ` Johannes Schindelin [this message]
2018-03-06 14:35 ` Birger Skogeng Pedersen
2018-03-06 19:28 ` Junio C Hamano
2019-08-31 12:23 ` [PATCH] git-gui: Add hotkeys to set widget focus Birger Skogeng Pedersen
2019-08-31 12:27 ` Birger Skogeng Pedersen
2019-09-01 11:32 ` Pratyush Yadav
2019-09-01 16:21 ` Junio C Hamano
2019-09-01 18:24 ` Birger Skogeng Pedersen
2019-09-01 19:01 ` Bert Wesarg
2019-09-01 19:36 ` [PATCH] " Birger Skogeng Pedersen
2019-09-02 18:19 ` Pratyush Yadav
2019-09-02 18:35 ` Birger Skogeng Pedersen
2019-09-02 18:53 ` Pratyush Yadav
2019-09-02 19:05 ` Birger Skogeng Pedersen
2019-09-02 19:42 ` Bert Wesarg
2019-09-03 14:21 ` Birger Skogeng Pedersen
2019-09-03 14:22 ` Pratyush Yadav
2019-09-03 14:45 ` [PATCH] git-gui: use path name instead of list index to track last clicked file Pratyush Yadav
2019-09-03 18:07 ` [PATCH v4] git-gui: Add hotkeys to set widget focus Birger Skogeng Pedersen
2019-09-03 18:13 ` Birger Skogeng Pedersen
2019-09-03 19:30 ` Birger Skogeng Pedersen
2019-09-03 21:49 ` Pratyush Yadav
2019-09-04 14:30 ` [PATCH v5] " Birger Skogeng Pedersen
2019-09-04 18:59 ` Johannes Sixt
2019-09-04 19:20 ` Birger Skogeng Pedersen
2019-09-04 21:39 ` Johannes Sixt
2019-09-04 22:31 ` Pratyush Yadav
2019-09-04 23:38 ` Junio C Hamano
2019-09-05 12:33 ` Pratyush Yadav
2019-09-04 19:55 ` Bert Wesarg
2019-09-04 21:45 ` Johannes Sixt
2019-09-10 19:12 ` Pratyush Yadav
2019-09-11 6:49 ` Birger Skogeng Pedersen
2019-09-11 17:48 ` Pratyush Yadav
2019-09-11 18:11 ` Johannes Sixt
2019-09-03 16:06 ` [PATCH] [PATCH] " Bert Wesarg
2019-09-01 22:27 ` Philip Oakley
2019-09-02 12:25 ` Pratyush Yadav
2019-09-02 17:23 ` Philip Oakley
2019-09-03 22:18 ` Pratyush Yadav
2019-09-01 18:58 ` Bert Wesarg
2019-09-01 19:25 ` Birger Skogeng Pedersen
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