GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 134448
alt-# switching does not work if menubar is hidden
Last modified: 2004-12-22 21:47:04 UTC
I regularly use alt-<number> to switch between tabs in gnome-terminal. Using latest packages from Fedora Core development, and gnome-terminal-2.5.1-1, alt-# only works if the menubar is shown. I hide the menubar to conserve space, but when it is hidden, the alt-# shortcut doesn't work. This worked properly with gnome 2.4.
I should elaborate on what I mean by "doesn't work." With the menubar hidden, alt-# keys get passed through to the process running inside gnome-termainl. With the menubar visible, the alt-# keys get passed through only if there are no tabs. With multiple tabs, gnome-terminal used to switch to the appropriate tab #. Based on the fact that gnome-terminal 2.5 still does this if the menubar is visible, the fact that it doesn't recognize these shortcut keys with a hidden menubar strikes me as a bug.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 129349 ***