[Bug 89360] New: Kate needs better keyboard usability

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http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=89360        
           Summary: Kate needs better keyboard usability
           Product: kate
           Version: 2.3
          Platform: Debian testing
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: wishlist
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: kwrite-devel kde org
        ReportedBy: michael.goettsche kdemail net


Version:           2.3 (using KDE KDE 3.3.0)
Installed from:    Debian testing/unstable Packages
OS:                Linux

Kate is a nice editor, but the GUI lacks a good Keyboard support, due to the 
usage of standard KDE components like KFileDialog.
Example, open a File:
Ctrl + O, a nice-looking file dialog appears. But what now? I don't want to 
move my hand away from the keyboard just for selecting a file. So, I start to 
traverse the widgets in the dialog using Tab, it takes me 7 Tabs until the 
focus reaches the file list. 

The buttons in the selector widget don't seem to be accessible with the 
keyboard at all.

In editors like Emacs or vim, it's easier and faster to open a file without 
touching the mouse.

It would be nice to have something like a Kate Konsole which has commands like 
"open" taking a file name as parameter for the start. Later it could be 
extended with tab completion, wild cards and so on. 

Thanks