root menu via keyboard question

[H.R. ter Veer]

On Thu, 18 Apr 2002 18:00:44 -0700 (PDT)
Eric Pierce <eric_xfce at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hello all,
> 
> I must state right off that I'm a keyboard shortcut
> freak.  If I can do it w/o using a mouse, then I'm all
> over it.
if you are that keyboard freak, don't use the root menu (or any menu):
bind your commands in ~/.xfce/xfwmrc

> 
> O.K.  On to my question.  When I bring up the root
> menu (Alt F2), it becomes very cumbersome to use via
> the keyboard because one must 'physically' move the
> mouse position to whichever item one wishes to execute
> (i.e., if there's a sub-menu I have to tap the right
> arrow several times to get the mouse over to the
> sub-menu's items).  Other window managers let me
> scroll through the menu items with the arrow keys, and
> the mouse plays no role in it (seems to be the
> intuitive way about it).
> 
> It there a way to set this in xfwmrc (or somewhere) so
> I can get the mouse out of the action?
> 
> Thanks in advance for any tips....
> Eric
> 
> 
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