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Hello everyone, we’re in the midst of the 1.13.1 update, the bulk of the 1.13.1 release are bug fixes and the User Interface changes which we have been helping us in testing the focus beta. Big thanks to those who have been helping us with this!
1.13.1 Key Changes: User Interface Improvements This release contains several changes which should improve the interface and overall Second Life experience. They are bug fixes and changes for consistency which help us set up Second Life for better keyboard control in the future. Some of these changes may be a bit jarring, especially to experienced Residents. Some of the highlights: > Keystrokes no longer ‘leak’ beyond the currently selected window. That is, like many other applications, keystrokes made in one window don’t affect other windows or the Second Life world (with the exception of hotkeys). Using the Esc key will remove keyboard control from the UI so you can interact with the world. You may need to hit the Esc key multiple times to fully reset the focus. This is a change from the current behavior in that using Esc will work everywhere within the UI. We use standard keyboard methods for moving keyboard focus from one UI element to the next. Tab and Ctrl-Tab, for example, can be used to jump between widgets and windows, respectively. Please note: based on the feedback we received from our excellent beta testers during Focus Beta, we learned that the keyboard navigation and window management fixes were the most ready for primetime. The changes we had made to chat and numpad navigation weren’t fleshed out enough, so we’re holding off on releasing those until we’ve addressed their shortcomings. Thanks to the brave beta testers for their great feedback! Keep reading for the full release notes.
Release Notes for Second Life 1.13.1(4) December 13, 2006
===================================== UI changes:
* Hitting enter now clicks the currently-focused button, or the default button if there is one
** If a button has an orange highlight, Enter will press it
* Ctrl-W closes the currently-focused floater
* Ctrl-[ and Ctrl-] now move through preferences tabs
* Esc closes menus, then defocuses floaters, then resets the camera position
* By default, hitting enter in an empty chatbar no longer closes the chatbar
** Turn on the “close chat after hitting return” preference if you want this behavior
* Arrow keys always control the avatar when the chat bar is empty, regardless of the status of the ‘arrow keys move avatar when chatting’ preference
* Enter closes and opens highlighted inventory folder
* Can move through radio options using left/right as well as up/down
* Give focus to the IM text field when you reopen it
* IM window doesn’t close if you hit Ctrl-T when it’s unfocused
* Floaters handle all keystrokes when focused
** Hitting Enter won’t chat when focus is on the UI
* Ctrl-Tab and Tab will get you (almost) anywhere
* Ctrl-Tab cycles through floaters, toolbars, etc.
** Floaters are cycled in the order they were opened, and reordered so that it’s easy to switch between the two most recent
* Hitting TAB when nothing has focus goes to chat bar, if available
* Opening a floater automatically puts focus there
* Focus appearance now makes more sense: focused floaters have opaque backgrounds, and lightened title bars; unfocused floaters are transparent
* Clicking in world (or hitting ESC) will remove focus from the UI, and make all floaters transparent
* Alt key access to menus. Hold down Alt and navigate via the underlined letters
* Visual integration of context-sensitive controls with the bottom panel
* Improved focus behavior of notifications and group notifications, and their appearance
* Type-ahead find in listboxes and combo boxes
** When focus is on the widget, type the first few letters of the desired selection and the selection will move as you type
** Very useful for long lists such as the Friends list or the Script function combo box
** Type-ahead find is visually indicated with an oblong highlight.
* Type-ahead find cycles through the items in a list or combo that have the same first letter
** Example: repeatedly typing ‘r’ will put selection on each element of the list that starts with ‘r’
* “Cone of context” for color pickers and texture pickers
* Objects visually lose focus when application loses focus, and regain them when application is refocused
* Storage of last focused item in floaters, so that focusing a floater puts focus back where it was last time you were using it
* Mini-map can’t take focus, nor can camera/movement controls
* Have to double-click on the mini-map to open the main map
* Mousewheel zooms on the mini-map, and the scale limits allow you to zoom in more
* IM tabs opened by you are added to the right of the open tab (IM tabs opened by other means open to the far right, as before)
* Removed tab characters from most text editors except for the notecard and script editors
* Deprecated Alt-WASD for moving the camera (these keys now select the appropriate menus)
** Use Alt-arrow keys instead
* Hitting enter when in preferences will now close and commit them Other changes:
* ‘Access from Mainland’ renamed to ‘Public Access’ in Estate Tools
* ‘Contact Support’ link added to Help menu pointing to Second Life Knowledge Base contact page Bug fixes:
* Focus is correctly placed in the text field when opening and reopening search
* Using arrow keys to select radio group options now commits selection
* Enter key now works correctly on dropdown boxes
* Fixed duplicate IMs or IM-to-email being sent (repeatedly)
* Fixed objects disappearing if they were made flexible via script
* Fixed a cause of failed estate-to-estate teleports
* Generalized flexi implementation for attachments and non-attachments
* Fixed several integer fields being displayed as float values
* Fixed pie menu options for non-English languages
* Fixed group notice panel not accepting text
* Removed incorrect notice that friends could track each other on the map (they cannot)
* Fixed bug affecting color of scripted/resident chat
* Temp objects can enter full parcels
* Fixed client crash when closing tabbed gestures without saving
* Fixed boolean values in Debug Settings not remembering the correct values
* Fixed strange characters in popup messages in Preferences
* Fixed incorrect counts for simulator prim usage
* Fixed floating point drift (and prim drift) in llTargetOmega
* Fixed textures on HUDs not rezing until right-clicked
* Fixed friends list scrolling to the top after a change
* Fixed a crash caused by tearing off menus in the script editor
* Fixed ability to add yourself to your friends list
* Fixed offline notification that a resident left your group (should not send email)
* Fixed object contents ‘Copy to Inventory’ and ‘Copy and Wear’
* Fixed typed-ahead for Search and Friends list
* Fixed Recent Items showing all folders
* Fixed Texture Picker showing all folders
* Fixed failed estate-to-estate teleports
* Fixed a memory leak on the Intel Mac
* Fixed greyed Terms of Service agree/disagree options if user cancelled TOS notice
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