From 303f8baa7d4c32126afe8dd5ade702c813cc8251 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Samuel Thibault Date: Sat, 25 Dec 2021 22:41:29 +0100 Subject: Provide more details on the textual front-end keyboard shortcuts --- en/boot-installer/accessibility.xml | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+) (limited to 'en') diff --git a/en/boot-installer/accessibility.xml b/en/boot-installer/accessibility.xml index 565bdd872..6a305e95e 100644 --- a/en/boot-installer/accessibility.xml +++ b/en/boot-installer/accessibility.xml @@ -32,6 +32,26 @@ uses plain text while newt uses text-based dialog boxes. The choice can be made at the boot prompt, see the documentation for DEBIAN_FRONTEND in . + + +With the newt front-end (used mostly with braille), one +mostly just selects answers with arrow keys, and one presses &enterkey; to +validate the choice. Pressing &tabkey; and &shiftkey; - &tabkey; allows to +switch between dialog elements, and notably to access the +Go Back button with brings back again to previous +questions. Some dialogs contain check boxes, which can be ticked on and off by +pressing &spacekey;. + + + +With the text front-end (used mostly with speech), one +mostly selects answers by typing their number followed by pressing &enterkey;. +One can also just not type anything and just press +&enterkey; to just accept the default value. Typing < +and pressing &enterkey; brings back again to previous questions. When a +selection of choices has to be made (e.g. during task selection), one can type +! to express an empty selection. + -- cgit v1.2.3