Hi, Anthony,

Do you have the #honorDesktopCommandKeys preference set to true?  If 
not, desktop-command-keys are not honored.  (But if you're a 
desktop-command-key user, I can hardly believe that you would have 
would have that preference set to false...)

Let's make certain we're talking about the same thing when speaking 
of "desktop-command-keys."  I am using this term to refer to commands 
that you invoke by holding the command-key down while you type some 
other key, and which are issued when the desktop has keyboard focus. 
For example, cmd-shift-L brings up a file-list, cmd-shift-W brings up 
a message-names tool, cmd-o brings up an "Objects Tools", etc.  Are 
you talking about those as well?  Which specific desktop command keys 
don't work for you when you issue them after shift-esc?

In my experience, using any recent Squeak -- 3.2 onward -- the 
desktop-command-keys *do* always work after shift-esc, whatever the 
keyboard focus, provided that #honorDesktopCommandKeys is true.  (At 
least on Mac OS 9.2 and Mac OS X 10.2.5).

Can anyone else offer any experiences that will help us get to the 
bottom of this?

Cheers,

   -- Scott


At 7:03 PM -0700 5/14/03, Anthony Adachi wrote:
>Scott Wallace wrote:
>
>>   Hit shift-escape to bring up the world menu -- this
>works even if a
>>   browser currently has keyboard focus; once the
>world menu is up, the
>>   "desktop command-keys" can be used with their usual
>meanings.
>
>I'm using Mac OS 9.1 and Squeak 3.5. While, the world
>menu does come up upon shift-escape the "desktop
>command-keys"  do not work. The keyboard remains with
>the browser.
>
>
>Take care,
>
>Anthony