GNOME 2.0 Desktop for the Solaris Operating Environment Accessibility Guide

To Navigate the Side Pane

The following table describes the keyboard shortcuts that enable you to navigate the file manager side pane in general.

Keys 

Function 

F6

Switch focus between the side pane and the view pane. 

Shift+ F10

Open the side pane popup menu. 

Shift+Tab

Switch the focus from the tab contents to the tab name. 

arrow keys 

Give focus to the next or previous tab name, when a tab name has focus. 

spacebar

Display or hide the tab that has focus. The tab name remains in focus. 

Tab

Move the focus from the tab name to the tab contents. 

The following table describes the keyboard shortcuts that enable you to navigate the History tab in the side pane.

Keys 

Function 

arrow keys 

Give focus to the next or previous file or folder in the history list. 

spacebar

Open the file or folder that has focus in the history list. 

For information about how to navigate the Notes tab of the file manager side pane, see To Navigate Text Boxes for information about how to navigate multi-line text boxes.

For information about how to navigate the Tree tab of the file manager side pane, see To Navigate Trees.