[Bug 134302] keyboard accessibility problem with knetworkmanager error dialog

[Michael Blakeley]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: knetworkmanager

10:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG
Network Connection (rev 02)

$ uname -a
Linux mblakele-lt 2.6.22-10-generic #1 SMP Wed Aug 22 07:42:05 GMT 2007 x86_64 GNU/Linux
$ apt-show-versions knetworkmanager
knetworkmanager 1:0.2~r686534-0ubuntu1 installed: No available version in archive
$ apt-show-versions network-manager
network-manager/gutsy uptodate 0.6.5-0ubuntu9

Sometimes knetworkmanager can't seem to connect to a network, and
displays an error message "Connection failure\nCould not connect to the
network fubar\n[OK]".

Unexpected behavior: the user cannot hit "return" or use any other
keyboard combination to get rid of the error message: keyboard input is
going to a foreground application, not to knetworkmanager. The "ok"
button *must* be clicked with a mouse. This is an accessibility problem,
per KDE's UI policies (see http://accessibility.kde.org/developer/).

Suggested fix: turn this error message into a notification, instead,
like the "link up" notification and other knetworkmanager messages.
These notifications are configurable via ordinary KDE mechanisms, and
fade out automatically after a few seconds.

I'll attach a screenshot to show the problem.

** Affects: knetworkmanager (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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keyboard accessibility problem with knetworkmanager error dialog
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