Keyboard access to me menu in Unity? -- lacks front-to-back cycling

[Evan Huus]

Even if it isn't a coding error per say, it's still a design bug. I
have no idea what package to file it against though... unity?
indicator-appmenu? appmenu-gtk?

Can someone with a bit more knowledge of which package handles what
point us in the right direction?

Thanks,
Evan

On Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 12:38 PM, Jason Todd <jtodd929 at hotmail.com> wrote:
> Yes, this is exactly what I'm experiencing. Maybe a bug?
>
>> From: eapache at gmail.com
>> Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2011 08:22:54 -0400
>> Subject: Re: Keyboard access to me menu in Unity? -- lacks front-to-back
>> cycling
>> To: jtodd929 at hotmail.com; ubuntu-devel-discuss at lists.ubuntu.com
>>
>> Did a little more testing: even stranger. If I have a truly menuless
>> app open (like Update Manager), then F10 does focus the first
>> indicator as you mentioned, Jason. In that case I have right-to-left
>> wrapping, but not left-to-right wrapping.
>>
>> On Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 8:01 AM, Evan Huus <eapache at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > On Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 7:57 AM, Jason Todd <jtodd929 at hotmail.com>
>> > wrote:
>> >> I'm basing this on use of the Beta 2 Live CD (no install). Maybe this
>> >> could
>> >> be explaining the difference?
>> >
>> > Possibly. I upgraded via beta 2 though, and I've only installed one
>> > round of updates since.
>> >
>> >>> From: eapache at gmail.com
>> >>> Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2011 07:47:58 -0400
>> >>> Subject: Re: Keyboard access to me menu in Unity? -- lacks
>> >>> front-to-back
>> >>> cycling
>> >>> To: jtodd929 at hotmail.com
>> >>> CC: ubuntu-devel-discuss at lists.ubuntu.com
>> >>>
>> >>> On Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 7:36 AM, Jason Todd <jtodd929 at hotmail.com>
>> >>> wrote:
>> >>> > The other issue I'm facing when accessing Session-Menu is that the
>> >>> > arrow
>> >>> > keys don't cycle front-to-back/back-to-front when scrolling the
>> >>> > panel
>> >>> > indicators in Beta 2.
>> >>>
>> >>> I'm actually able to do this just fine. One tap left and I wrap
>> >>> around. That's odd.
>> >>>
>> >>> > For example, if I have no apps open (and then no global menus
>> >>> > present)
>> >>> > and I
>> >>> > press F10 the highlight appears on the first indicator menu.
>> >>>
>> >>> Another difference with my machine: If I have no apps open, the global
>> >>> menu for nautilus shows up (since presumably the desktop is nautilus,
>> >>> and it has focus). Again, odd.
>> >>>
>> >>> One of our machines seems to be behaving oddly. I'm guessing it's mine
>> >>> (it's an upgrade from maverick from lucid), but either way it would be
>> >>> nice to know the intended behavior here.
>> >>>
>> >>> Cheers,
>> >>> Evan
>> >>>
>> >>> > If I press the
>> >>> > left arrow key (with the intention of cycling to the Session-Menu)
>> >>> > nothing
>> >>> > happens. If I press the right-arrow key then I can cycle through the
>> >>> > menus,
>> >>> > but I have to go through each indicator menu which involves much
>> >>> > tapping. I
>> >>> > would be so much faster to be able to tap the right-arrow key and
>> >>> > land
>> >>> > directly on the session-menu.
>> >>> >
>> >>> >> From: eapache at gmail.com
>> >>> >> Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2011 13:03:23 -0400
>> >>> >> Subject: Keyboard access to me menu in Unity?
>> >>> >> To: ubuntu-devel-discuss at lists.ubuntu.com
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >> In past versions of Ubuntu, Super-S would select the me menu so
>> >>> >> that
>> >>> >> you could access it without a mouse. In unity, this combo is used
>> >>> >> for
>> >>> >> the expo plugin, and I cannot find the combo that replaced it.
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >> I have found
>> >>> >> http://askubuntu.com/questions/28086/unity-keyboard-mouse-shortcuts
>> >>> >> which is fairly comprehensive, but doesn't list a combo for this.
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >> Is this a bug I should file, or is there already a new shortcut
>> >>> >> that
>> >>> >> I'm just missing?
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >> Thanks,
>> >>> >> Evan
>> >>> >>
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