GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 772198
toggle switch (on/off) widget not accessible without a pointer device
Last modified: 2016-09-29 19:19:35 UTC
Hi, recently I've accidentally switched off the touchpad on GNOME Settings (version 3.20) mouse & touchpad panel. That pointed me to this problem: It seems that the ON/OFF switches cannot be toggled by a keyboard (I had to attach a mouse to switch it to on again) I think switches should be able to be focused and toggled also when using the keyboard only. thanks, Niv
Here I can use Tab or arrow keys to give focus to the GtkSwitch then Space or Enter(s) to change its state. Does this not work for you somehow?
Note that * this was on 3.22, but I doubt this was a problem in 3.20, and it is certainly not a general bug with the GtkSwitch widget as reported. * most switches will not have focus_on_click set, hence why they require manually navigating to them with the keyboard to get focus.
You are right, sorry. the issue only found in mouse & launchpad settings, others are ok. I'll file the bug there.. thank you
OK, but I'm still not certain what the issue is. In the same Mouse/Touchpad Settings, it works fine for me. But are you saying that, in contrast, you cannot use normal keyboard functions to focus and press that Switch? I'll need to check what has changed between 3.20 and 3.22, but I don't think that was a problem in 3.20.
seems to be fixed here: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=766186
So, of course, I was wrong. :D Great find. Thanks!
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 766186 ***