keyboard: alt-F doesn't open File menu
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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unity (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
In Ubuntu 17.10, something seems to have gone wrong with the keyboard bindings for the application menus (File, Edit, View, Insert, etc). Specifically, the first menu item cannot be opened using its assigned shortcut alt+key combination.
In LibreOffice 5.4.1.2, I can use alt-E, alt-V, alt-H, alt-A (for tAble). All of them work EXCEPT alt-F, which is the first one in the list.
In Gedit 3.22.1 and Evince 3.26.0, it is the same. I can't use alt-F, but I can use all the others.
Interestingly, in Pluma 1.18.2, everything is fine. Also, in Firefox 57.0 everything is fine. Also in Synaptic 0.84.2, which doesn't integrate correctly with Unity, alt-F and the others work fine.
It seems that the 'modern' GNOME 3 applications are all failing, and then also LibreOffice as well, which maybe is using GTK3 just like GNOME3. Otherwise, I don't know.
I think this bug is not the same as bug #790687. That bug is just about the case where the desktop is focussed, not other applications in general.
Changed in unity (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
For me, Gedit and Evince are working fine. Do they show horizontal menu-bar? Gnome apps doesn't usually have menu-bar. Ubuntu patches few to show menu-bar (file, edit etc) under unity. But if a app doesn't have file menu, naturally ALT+F won't work.
Also there is this bug, LP: #1683383 which happens because Ubuntu removed a 5-year old patch from xorg. As a result lots of binding shortcuts are not working under Unity.