GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 131112
Context sensitive keyboard based menu navigation (thats the best I could come up with :D)
Last modified: 2004-12-22 21:47:04 UTC
Hey Ok do this. The Problem... 1. Drag mouse to right edge of screen. 2. Press Alt-F1 in Gnome, main menu shows up. 3. With keyboard arrow keys, navigate to a menu (Say "Programming") 4. Wait 2 seconds (I drank some Tea, had some fun, whatever) 5. Submenu should show up. However since we're on right edge of screen it shows up on the left of the menu. 6. You have to press right arrow key to "enter" the submenu. What it should be? Here's where the problem is (in my opnion). Submenu is on the left, but to "enter" the menu we still have to press right arrow key. I find it more intuitive to press left key in this case. Solution? Well it should be relatively easy to fix. Just as there is code to make submenu appear on the left or right depending on where we are, we can also setup arrow keys. Shouldn't be too difficult. Patches... None yet but I'll try and get one ready by tonite. I just need someone to tell me where the code is? Gnome Panel?
Panel menu is a GTK+ menu.
This is a duplicate of either an open or WONTFIX bug that someone should look up :-) The current GTK+ behavior matches that of Windows etc, and I think is correct. (Think three level menus, also think blind users.)
I guess you're thinking of bug 51042, where this is discussed.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 51042 ***