cycling to the panel via the alt+tab

[Benedikt Meurer]

Jasper Huijsmans wrote:
>>I recently switched from Gnome to xfce4 and I'm loving it!  It makes my 
>>700mhz laptop feel much faster.
>>
>>I'd like to access the panel using the keyboard.  I found some 
>>instructions on the web that say to add 'cycle_minimum=false' to my 
>>~/.xfce4/xfwm4rc file.  I tried that and the panel still does not show 
>>when I press alt+tab.  I also added that option to my 
>>~/.config/xfce4/xfwm4/xfwm4rc file and that didn't work either.
> 
> I'm afraid it is no longer possible to focus the panel using the keyboard.
> This is part of several changes that, at least in my opinion, improve focus
> behaviour of the panel. I believe the panel is really designed as a mouse
> interface.
> 
> For keyboard usage other interfaces may be more useful, such as the run dialog
> (with command completion) and opening the menu from a keyboard shortcut.
> Unfortunatly this last option doesn't seem to work properly and we have not
> found the cause of this problem yet.

Argh, sure, the panel is unfocusable now. Somebody (maybe the panel 
maintainer *hint*, *hint*) could write a short explanation of the panel 
window-type change and what this means for users, for the FAQ on the 
website. ;-)

> 	Jasper

Benedikt