Launcher - difficult to exit from 'alt+f1' Launcher navigation mode

[Dmitry-Kogura]

The Alt+F1 Launcher navigation mode has the following problems:
1. Clicking outside of the Launcher when in this modes does not exit this mode or perform any action.
2. Clicking on a Launcher icon with the pointer after opening the Launcher using Alt+F1 strands the user in a weird state from which it is very difficult to exit.
3. It is possible to select different windows using the Launcher with a pointer in this mode, but then it is impossible to drag them.
4. The Super keyboard shortcut to open the Dash (and other keyboard shortcuts) to not work in this mode.
5. If you press enter, to launch any element on the quicklist, the application is launched but you don't exit navigation mode as well.

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Desired Resolution:

- When 'Alt+F1' navigation is open, clicking anywhere with the mouse should preform the normal action the user expects as well as closing this navigation mode. For example, if a user drags a window, the window should move and the 'Alt+F1' navigation mode should be exited. As a second example, if a user has navigated to a quicklist using the 'Alt+F1' navigation mode, clicking on one of the quicklist options using the pointer should action the item clicked on as well as closing the quicklist and exiting the 'Alt+F1' navigation mode. If it is not possible to implement this fix, the 'Alt+F1' feature should be temporally disabled (to be re-enabled when a fix to this issue is available).

- Pressing any keyboard shortcut should exit the 'Alt+F1' navigation mode and perform the keyboard shortcut action the user expects

[Fabio Marconi (fabiomarconi)]

No way to Escape on my system, only Reboot.

[nick rundy (nrundy)]

NONE (not a single one) of the "bugs" presented in this bug description exist on my installation of Ubuntu. Using 12.04 (Unity 2D) fully up to date as of 27 Feb @19:00 hours.