[Bug 36891] Unable to defocus gnome-menu using keyboard

[Jeroen van der Vegt]

Public bug reported:
https://launchpad.net/malone/bugs/36891

Affects: gnome-panel (Ubuntu)
       Severity: Normal
       Priority: (none set)
         Status: Unconfirmed

Description:
I can't focus other windows using just the keyboard when the gnome-menu
is focussed.

Steps to reproduce:

1. Open a random application.
2. Press Ctrl-Alt-Esc to focus the main menu bar.
3. Press the right arrow key to make the applications-menu appear.
4. Try to focus the window of the application opened at step 1 using only the keyboard.

Expected results:
Pressing Ctrl-Alt-Esc should give the focus to the application window (possibly after pressing it a few times), and preferable Atl-tab as well.


Actual results:
The application window can't be focussed with any key-combination I can think of.

Additional remarks:
The log-off dialog (which lets the user select 'log off', 'switch user', 'hibernate', 'shutdown', etc) won't appear when the Log-out item in the system menu is selected. The dialog only appears when the panel looses its focus - which is impossible without using the mouse.


Software versions:
Up-to-date Dapper Drake; gnome-panel 2.14.0-0ubuntu2

Possibly related bug:
https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/gnome-panel/+bug/34159

Upstream bug:
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=336230