Comment 3 for bug 773078

I am an LTS user, intending to migrate from Lucid to Precise next year. In that regard, this bug is a regression to me. Given that Mark Shuttleworth stated "First-class accessibility for those with special interaction needs" [1] as a goal for Precise, it is my personal opinion that fixing this bug would get Ubuntu closer to the above mentioned goal.

When a modifier key is locked and there is no indication of it, it is not only annoying to try out modifiers in an attempt to unlock the locked key, but it is potentially harmful, e.g. when accidentally locking the alt key without noticing, pressing 'q' doesn't type that letter anymore but quits the application.

As I see it there are two solutions: either add an indication as it was with Gnome 2, or add the option to the sticky key preferences to not have keys lock. (Perfect would be both).

For the above stated reason I'd be grateful if someone with permission could nominate this bug for the Precise release to ensure it doesn't get overlooked as it happened with the last release (Oneric, not an LTS version).

Thanks

[1] http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/810