Package:  gnome-terminal
Severity: wishlist
Version:  1.2.1-helix1 (helix/debian)
Synopsis: Please add shortcut keys to toplevel menus
Class:    change-request

Distribution: Debian 2.2
System: Linux 2.2.15 i586 unknown
C library: C library 2.1.3-10
C compiler: 2.95.2
glib: glib 1.2.8-helix1
GTK+: GTK+ 1.2.8-helix1
ORBit: ORBit 0.5.2-helix1
libxml: libxml 1.8.7-helix1
gnome-print: gnome-print <none>
gnome-core: gnome-core 1.2.1-helix1


Description:
In order to use keyboard-navigation of menus in Gnome, it appears to be
necessary to
have a shortcut key on each toplevel menu. For example, in the Control
Center, the File
menu has "F" as a shortcut key, so I can access the menus with Alt+F.
Gnome-terminal
doesn't have shortcut keys on any of its toplevel menus, so it is
impossible to access
them by the keyboard.

Keyboard navigation can speed up access for advanced users by an order
of magnitude,
not to mention being better for the wrist than using the mouse. Keyboard
support in
menus is wasted if you can't access it.




------- Bug moved to this database by debbugs-export@bugzilla.gnome.org 2001-01-27 15:17 -------
This bug was previously known as bug 16172 at http://bugs.gnome.org/
http://bugs.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16172
Originally filed under the gnome-core product and gnome-terminal component.

Unknown version 1.2.x in product gnome-core. Setting version to the default, "unspecified".
The original reporter (sballard@netreach.net) of this bug does not have an account here.
Reassigning to the exporter, debbugs-export@bugzilla.gnome.org.
Reassigning to the default owner of the component, gnome-core-maint@bugzilla.gnome.org.