Cannot access application menu via keyboard

[ph0nph0n]

Applications menu cannot be accessed via the keyboad anymore (apart when using F10). Menus can usually be accessed by pressing the alt key together with another key to activate one of the menu entry. E.g. in Nautilus, alt + f opens the file menu, while alt + e opens the edit menu. Note that this seems to be working on some application (Firefox, Banshee), but not others (Nautilus, Gedit, Terminal, Gitg, ...) Case:

- launch application (say Nautilus);
- ensure application has focus;
- press alt + f.

Expected result: the file menu opens in the top bar.

Actual result: while the menu appears upon pressing alt and the shortcut letters are underlined, no menu opens.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: unity 4.16.0-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-11.18-generic 3.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-11-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,compiztoolbox,decor,gnomecompat,grid,imgpng,move,regex,resize,snap,vpswitch,mousepoll,place,wall,session,animation,unitymtgrabhandles,workarounds,fade,expo,ezoom,scale,unityshell]
Date: Sat Sep 24 15:25:23 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Beta amd64 (20110920.5)
SourcePackage: unity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Omer Akram (om26er)]

Thanks for the bug report. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 849732, so is being marked as such. Any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Feel free to report any other bugs you may find.