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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/lispref/display.texi | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | etc/NEWS | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lisp/button.el | 4 |
3 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/lispref/display.texi b/doc/lispref/display.texi index d3adb62c1bd..e5494002ce8 100644 --- a/doc/lispref/display.texi +++ b/doc/lispref/display.texi @@ -6926,6 +6926,9 @@ such as @code{forward-button} and @code{backward-button} are additionally available in the keymap stored in @code{button-buffer-map}; a mode which uses buttons may want to use @code{button-buffer-map} as a parent keymap for its keymap. +Alternatively, the @code{button-mode} can be switched on for much the +same effect: It's a minor mode that does nothing else than install +@code{button-buffer-map} as a minor mode keymap. If the button has a non-@code{nil} @code{follow-link} property, and @code{mouse-1-click-follows-link} is set, a quick @key{mouse-1} click @@ -958,6 +958,13 @@ window after starting). This variable defaults to nil. ** Miscellaneous ++++ +*** New minor mode 'button-mode'. +This minor mode does nothing else than install 'button-buffer-map' as +a minor mode map (which binds the TAB/S-TAB key bindings to navigate +to buttons), and can be used in any view-mode-like buffer that has +buttons in it. + --- *** 'icomplete-show-matches-on-no-input' behavior change. Previously, choosing a different completion with commands like 'C-.' diff --git a/lisp/button.el b/lisp/button.el index 03ab59b109c..11317605cee 100644 --- a/lisp/button.el +++ b/lisp/button.el @@ -78,6 +78,10 @@ "Keymap useful for buffers containing buttons. Mode-specific keymaps may want to use this as their parent keymap.") +(define-minor-mode button-mode + "A minor mode for navigating to buttons with the TAB key." + :keymap button-buffer-map) + ;; Default properties for buttons. (put 'default-button 'face 'button) (put 'default-button 'mouse-face 'highlight) |