[Bug 571229]

[Petercraigmartin]

I'm running Firefox 27.0.1 on Windows 7 with the US-International
keyboard. In full-screen mode, the Menu Bar is "permanently" hidden
rather than auto-hidden, and it is completely nonfunctional. There is no
way to display or access it in full-screen mode, whether by moving the
pointer to the top of the screen, pressing F10, pressing and releasing
the leftAlt key, or pressing a leftAlt keyboard shortcut (e.g.,
leftAlt+v for the View menu or leftAlt+T for the Tools menu). (The
rightAlt key is used for typing special characters in the US-
International keyboard.) The only way to regain access to the Menu Bar
(and its menus) is to exit full-screen mode.

This is a MAJOR inconvenience for me, for two reasons:

(1) I am using Tab Mix Plus's multi-row Tab Bar option, which eats up
vertical webpage space in regular display mode. Full-screen display mode
is very useful in recovering that space. (NOTE: changing the Tab Bar to
a single row display in Tab Mix Plus does not eliminate the permanently
hidden Menu Bar problem.)

(2) I have placed most of my toolbar buttons on the Menu Bar. (I gather
that that particular customization may be limited or eliminated in
Australis, but I'm planning on restoring it with extensions). I use my
toolbar buttons extremely frequently, and having to toggle back and
forth between full-screen and regular display modes is not a practical
option.

For me, this qualifies as a MAJOR bug.

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Title:
  Menus are not shown when accessed by keys in full screen mode, but
  they work

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