> In fact, many GUI framework application guidelines explicitly encourage GUI application developers

Instead they should be engineered in a way that allows users to bypass those developers in a (at least) framework-consistent way as there will never be a time when they collectively become "keyboard-wise".

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ckardaris 9 hours ago | parent [-]

In some cases they do.

For example a GTK app main context menu can be triggered with F10. But this relies on the developer to correctly "tag" said context menu.

In simple cases it is obvious what to do, but in more complicated designs, where you may be able to achieve the same visual output in different ways, it may not be so obvious.

In that case, it is up to the developer as well to read and try to follow the published guidelines.

	▲	eviks 14 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		So in none of the cases they do - it shouldn't depend on any tags, that's the whole point of bypassing the app devs! (not that the tags shouldn't exist, they can make customization easier, just that they shouldn't be necessary for any framework menu components) What complicated designs do you have in mind?