Can't access menu items from the keyboard
Bug #636728 reported by
Rick Spencer
This bug affects 1 person
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unity |
Fix Released
|
Critical
|
Neil J. Patel | ||
libindicator |
Fix Released
|
Critical
|
Ted Gould | ||
unity (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
Critical
|
Canonical Desktop Experience Team |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: unity
Steps:
1. Run gedit
2. Create 2 files
3. Hit Alt and D
Expected, the Documents menu comes down
Observed, Nothing happens
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: unity 0.2.36-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-20-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun Sep 12 17:38:17 2010
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
ProcEnviron:
LANG=en_US.utf8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: unity
Related branches
lp://staging/~unity-team/unity/show-menu-support
- Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen (community): Approve
-
Diff: 43 lines (+15/-0)2 files modifiedunity-private/panel/panel-indicator-object-view.vala (+14/-0)
vapi/indicator.vapi (+1/-0)
Changed in unity: | |
importance: | Undecided → High |
Changed in unity (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
Changed in unity: | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
milestone: | none → 2010-09-16 |
Changed in unity (Ubuntu): | |
assignee: | David Barth (dbarth) → Canonical Desktop Experience Team (canonical-dx-team) |
Changed in libindicator: | |
importance: | Undecided → Critical |
assignee: | nobody → Ted Gould (ted) |
milestone: | none → ubuntu-10.10 |
Changed in unity: | |
status: | Confirmed → Fix Committed |
Changed in libindicator: | |
status: | New → Fix Committed |
Changed in libindicator: | |
status: | Fix Committed → Fix Released |
Changed in unity: | |
status: | Fix Committed → Fix Released |
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This system is literally unusable to many people with keyboard access. Unity is for netbooks, which typically have hard to use trackpads instead of mice, so keyboard usage is important for every users. Finally, many of us have "hard-wired" keyboard behaviors that we use to accomplish things efficiently.