Codejock Developer Community : Keytip Timer

Codejock Developer Community : Keytip Timer http://forum.codejock.com/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Thu, 11 Jun 2026 17:42:38 +0000 Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:52:32 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.04 360 forum.codejock.com/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=12702 <![CDATA[Codejock Developer Community]]> http://forum.codejock.com/forum_images/codejock-logo.gif http://forum.codejock.com/ <![CDATA[Keytip Timer : The Office guidelines state that...]]> http://forum.codejock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=12702&PID=42911&title=keytip-timer#42911 Author: mrmathis
Subject: 12702
Posted: 17 November 2008 at 4:52pm

The Office guidelines state that "Keytips should appear after a 500ms delay when the Alt key is held down, but keyboard focus should not move to the ribbon and no tab should be selected until the Alt key is released. Usability research has shown that users who are accustomed to using keyboard shortcuts with previous versions of Office will often hold down the Alt key while looking at the ribbon for additional visual information to guide their next keystroke."

The ribbon sample behavior seems to me to indicate a simple on-key-up implementation. Is that right? Is there any support for a timer-based approach?

Thanks,

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