Shell keyboard navigation (after pressing Ctrl+Alt+Tab) doesn't work in Xorg sessions

Bug #1965696 reported by Jeremy Lincicome
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This bug affects 2 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
GNOME Shell
New
Unknown
gnome-shell (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Undecided
Unassigned

Bug Description

As of 2 days ago, I can no longer quickly get to system controls such as the Top Bar using the keyboard. According to the keyboard shortcuts settings window, I should be able to press "CTRL+Alt+Tab" to access these controls. When I press this key combination, I'm told by the Orca screen reader that I'm on the Top Bar. When I release the keys, focus jumps back to the window I was in before. I do not know if this is the case without Orca running. I'm unable to test without Orca running. I've reset Gnome settings, with no change.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04
Package: gnome-shell 42~beta-1ubuntu3
Uname: Linux 5.16.11-76051611-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu79
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Sun Mar 20 13:01:07 2022
DisplayManager: gdm3
InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-04-30 (1420 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180425.1)
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=screen
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
RelatedPackageVersions: mutter-common 42~beta-1ubuntu2
SourcePackage: gnome-shell
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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ProblemType: Bug
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu80
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
DisplayManager: gdm3
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04
InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-04-30 (1432 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180425.1)
Package: gnome-shell 42.0-1ubuntu1
PackageArchitecture: amd64
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=screen
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
RelatedPackageVersions: mutter-common 42.0-1ubuntu1
Tags: third-party-packages jammy
Uname: Linux 5.16.11-76051611-generic x86_64
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm audio cdrom dialout dip input lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo vboxusers wireshark
_MarkForUpload: True
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ProblemType: Bug
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu80
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
DisplayManager: gdm3
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04
InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-04-30 (1432 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180425.1)
Package: gnome-shell 42.0-1ubuntu1
PackageArchitecture: amd64
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=screen
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
RelatedPackageVersions: mutter-common 42.0-1ubuntu1
Tags: third-party-packages jammy
Uname: Linux 5.16.11-76051611-generic x86_64
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm audio cdrom dialout dip input lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo vboxusers wireshark
_MarkForUpload: True

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Jeremy Lincicome (w0jrl1) wrote :
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Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) wrote : Re: Keyboard navigation after pressing Ctrl+Alt+Tab doesn't work in Xorg sessions

Logging info a Wayland session appears to avoid the bug.

summary: - Unable to quickly access system controls such as Top Bar using keyboard
+ Keyboard navigation after pressing Ctrl+Alt+Tab doesn't work in Xorg
+ sessions
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in gnome-shell (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
summary: - Keyboard navigation after pressing Ctrl+Alt+Tab doesn't work in Xorg
- sessions
+ Shell keyboard navigation (after pressing Ctrl+Alt+Tab) doesn't work in
+ Xorg sessions
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Jeremy Lincicome (w0jrl1) wrote :

I tried logging into a Wayland session. Unfortunately, the Wayland session isn't very accessible with Orca.

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Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) wrote :

For the quickest resolution, please report the bug upstream too: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/issues

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Jeremy Lincicome (w0jrl1) wrote :
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Jeremy Lincicome (w0jrl1) wrote : Dependencies.txt

apport information

tags: added: apport-collected
description: updated
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Jeremy Lincicome (w0jrl1) wrote : GsettingsChanges.txt

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Jeremy Lincicome (w0jrl1) wrote : ProcCpuinfoMinimal.txt

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Jeremy Lincicome (w0jrl1) wrote : ShellJournal.txt

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description: updated
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Jeremy Lincicome (w0jrl1) wrote : Dependencies.txt

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Jeremy Lincicome (w0jrl1) wrote : GsettingsChanges.txt

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Jeremy Lincicome (w0jrl1) wrote : ProcCpuinfoMinimal.txt

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Jeremy Lincicome (w0jrl1) wrote : ShellJournal.txt

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Changed in gnome-shell:
status: Unknown → New
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