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Re: Keystroke Timing in DHS Trusted Tester

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From: Lucy GRECO
Date: Aug 21, 2020 9:37AM

Requiring someone to hold a key mean switch users are completely left out
and let's forget about the whole two keys

On Fri, Aug 21, 2020, 8:35 AM glen walker < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> In the attached example, you have to hold ctrl+arrow until the item moves
> to where you want it then let go of the key to "drop" it. That's a timing
> problem. You have to time your drop correctly to put it where you want.
>
> In your alt+shift+arrow example, it's not clear whether timing is needed.
> Are you allowed to press alt+shift+arrow and the action happens right then
> or do you have to hold that key combination? If pressing the key
> combination immediately moves the tile in the list, then that's not a
> timing issue. If you have to press and hold and you see the tile moving in
> the list and when you let go of the keys it stops where you want it to,
> that would be a timing issue.
>
>
> On Fri, Aug 21, 2020 at 7:58 AM Hari Krishna < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> wrote:
>
> > Hello All,
> >
> > This is regarding query in keyboard timing in DHS Trusted Tester. In the
> > course they provided the attached example.
> >
> > In some applications I observed that to rearrange the position of any
> > tile/list item we need to use "Alt+Shift+Arrow keys" and it's the only
> > mechanism available. So by considering the attached example can we fail
> > these kinds of rearranging? as we have only one mechanism which requires
> > specific keystroke timing.
> >
> > Thanks & Regards!!
> > Hari
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > >