GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 336230
Keyboard accessibility problem
Last modified: 2006-06-06 20:06:46 UTC
Distribution: Ubuntu 6.06 (dapper) Package: gnome-panel Severity: Normal Version: GNOME2.14.0 2.14.x Gnome-Distributor: Ubuntu Synopsis: Keyboard accessibility problem Bugzilla-Product: gnome-panel Bugzilla-Component: Menu Bugzilla-Version: 2.14.x Description: Description of Problem: I can't de-focus the menubar using the keyboard. Steps to reproduce the problem: (0. Open a random application). 1. Press Ctrl-Alt-Esc a couple of times to focus the top menu. 2. Navigate through all items on the bar with arrowkeys, and open the main menu (gnome-menu). 3. Don't select any program in the menu, but try to focus a normal window using only the keboard. Actual Results: I can't get the focus away from the menubar. Expected Results: Ctrl-Alt-Esc should at least give the focus to other parts of the screen, but preferably Ctrl-Tab as well. How often does this happen? Every time Additional Information: 1. I'm using Ubuntu Dapper Drake, so it could also be a Ubuntu issue. 2. If you select 'log out' from somewhere in the menu (the 'system' menu in Ubuntu), the logout window is not shown until the menubar looses focus. In combination with the bug above, it's impossible to logout using only the keyboard. ------- Bug created by bug-buddy at 2006-03-27 18:30 -------
Ubuntu bug about that: https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/gnome-panel/+bug/36891
I think the cause of this bug is the same as of the bug 338612: hotkeys don't work when a menu of any kind (GNOME main menu, context menu, application menu...) is displayed. I wonder how many more bugs about this are scattered throughout Bugzilla...
This is closely related to bug 344059 (which is just the root bug for bug 338612 that Alexey points out); however, even though you can't currently alt-tab while a menu is open you ought to be able to dismiss the menu (by pressing 'Esc') and then using the global keybindings. However, gnome-panel doesn't release the mouse grab when closing the menu after Esc is pressed and this is filed as bug 313880. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 313880 ***