GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 780307
Keyboard navigation periodically becomes disabled session-wide while using the "Select Network" dialog
Last modified: 2021-07-05 14:46:12 UTC
Steps to reproduce: 1. System menu -> Expand current wifi network -> "Select Network" 2. Give focus to an item in the list 3. Verify that pressing Up and Down changes the selection 4. Wait a while 5. Goto step 3 Expected results: Up and Down Arrow would always work. Actual results: At some point (I think it's related to networks being added and/or removed), Up and Down Arrow cease working. At this point, all keyboard navigation fails: You cannot use Tab to change focus; you cannot use Escape to exit the dialog; you cannot Alt+Tab into another window; etc., etc. You can at this point click with the mouse to resolve the problem. But for users who cannot use a mouse (e.g. Orca users), this bug renders their system non-responsive.
(In reply to Joanmarie Diggs (IRC: joanie) from comment #0) > You cannot use Tab to change focus; That's expected - system modal dialogs aren't normal windows and won't allow access to windows while shown. (All the other observations clearly are a bug of course)
(In reply to Florian Müllner from comment #1) > (In reply to Joanmarie Diggs (IRC: joanie) from comment #0) > > You cannot use Tab to change focus; > > That's expected - system modal dialogs aren't normal windows and won't allow > access to windows while shown. Point of clarification: I presume that you mean that it is expected that you cannot use Alt+Tab to switch windows. By "You cannot use Tab to change focus," I mean switching between the list of wifi networks, the Cancel button, and the Connect button within that modal dialog.
(In reply to Joanmarie Diggs (IRC: joanie) from comment #2) > > That's expected - system modal dialogs aren't normal windows and won't allow > > access to windows while shown. > > Point of clarification: I presume that you mean that it is expected that you > cannot use Alt+Tab to switch windows. Gah, yes. I meant to quote: (In reply to Joanmarie Diggs (IRC: joanie) from comment #0) > you cannot Alt+Tab into another window; Sorry for the confusion.
I do not know if there is any relation to this bug, but when the WIFI is off and I select the 'select network' option, the focus is placed on the connect button, although the connection button is disabled. If I press the tab key, foco jumps to the cancel button. If I press the tab key again nothing happens, the focus continues on the cancel button.
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