Name: wj18071 Date: 10/25/99


JMenu*, JComboBox, JPopupMenu, JHtmlPane (the links), JTree,
JList, and JDesktopPane are components that present the user
with a "list" of objects to choose from. These objects could be
the names of features in a menu or folder icons in a file
directory. The problem it solves is it allows the user to
efficiently traverse long lists of data to get to a particular
entry or object (e.g. printer Teabag from a list of all
printers in CUP02).

What this feature does is move the keyboard focus to
the first object whose first letter matches the alphanumeric key
pressed by the user. Subsequent same key presses move the
keyboard focus to the next object that starts with the same
letter.

Other keyboard based features require the user to navigate
thru each of the possible choices presented to the user to get
to the one they want. This can be very tedious if the list of
choices is very long.
======================================================================