indicator-appmenu breaks Alt accelerator keys

I can confirm this!

Hmm... gnome-terminal use "ctrl+shift+v" - this do not working on my setup. Interisting thing - "ctrl+shift+c" is working

Hi, we cannot reproduce the issue, neither on Maverick with the classic gnome desktop session, nor on Natty.
Could you confirm that this bug still happens for you, and detail the environment and steps to reproduce please?

Thanks for your help

Apologies, I can reproduce the problem now, and can confirm it with Natty running with the classic gnome session as well.

https://bugs.launchpad.net/indicator-appmenu/+bug/688018 - is a duplicate of this bug, but is apparently fixed.

This is a bug fix, can happen after FF, and isn't a release blocker.

I can reproduce this bug.

In my GNOME Terminal, only Ctrl+Alt+C works, CTRL+ALT+V doesn't work.

And I can't use Alt+(NUMBER) to switch the tab in all applications: gedit, gnome-terminal and firefox.

Hmm, Alt+NUMBER in gedit works for me in natty classic session with an appmenu panel applet. Are there some more steps to reproduce?

The GNOME Terminal pasting issue is possibly different, as it uses shift, not alt. See bug 630383.

So, the Ctrl+Shift+V issue in GNOME Terminal (bug 630383) is now fixed. (Note that this did not use Alt.) The Alt+1/Alt+2 keys in gedit are working fine for me.

The issue I *can* see is that Alt+? does not activate menu items in the global menu bar. Is that what this bug is about?

Just to confirm, after talking with Neil about this bug, Alt+? mnemonics do seem to be what it's about. So that's cleared up. :)

I've now filed https://code.launchpad.net/~mterry/indicator-appmenu/emit-show-now-changed/+merge/52583 and its two related merges.

These pass the Alt press up through the appmenu indicator. Now Neil will take it away with some unity-side changes to show the indicator as needed and to render its underlines.

Thanks mterry for the fix.

To be clear, once the branch is released, there are no other foundations aspect to it, and it becomes "just" a unity fix to add, right?

To my knowledge. Let me know if that turns out not to be true.

OK, after talking with Neil, he set me straight. Unity should be able to show menus when Alt is pressed with my changes. But the ability to actually show a menu when Alt+F is pressed is still in the foundations stack. Looking at that now.

This bug was fixed in the package unity - 3.6.6-0ubuntu1

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unity (3.6.6-0ubuntu1) natty; urgency=low

  * New upstream release:
    - drag and drop from dash to launcher issues (LP: #727675)
    - unity-panel-service crashed in g_type_class_meta_marshal (LP: #727788)
    - Dash: first-use text entry does not work until Alt-F2 version is used
      (LP: #735342)
    - compiz crashed with SIGSEGV in g_type_check_instance_is_a()
      (LP: #734721)
    - drag from dash to launcher (LP: #662616)
    - Dash - Create single widget for Dashboard (LP: #683729)
    - [FFe] Recently installed applications should be easy to run
      (LP: #670403)
    - Pressing Alt key does not underline mnemonics (LP: #689179)
    - indicator-appmenu breaks Alt accelerator keys (LP: #663030)
    - can't pin KTouch to the launcher (LP: #693755)
    - Unity paints multiple times with multi-screen (LP: #727116)
    - unitymtgrabhandles crashes when no key is set (LP: #727144)
    - SIGSEGV in PlaceEntryHome::SetSearch (LP: #731927)
    - [launcher] New Default favorites (LP: #714707)
    - Dash: Alt-F2 Pressing enter on the dash can start the first entry of the
      second group from the history (LP: #734738)
    - Dash: keyboard arrow navigation disappears off bottom (LP: #735347)
    - Increase the size of the top left Launcher reveal area from 1px to a 3px
      by 3px square (LP: #736034)
    - [dash] scrollbar's clickable zone should extend to the right border of
      the dash border (LP: #651398)
    - Launcher - Replace Dash lens Launcher icons with updated versions
      (LP: #676613)
    - NuxUtilAccessible requires to implement support to key event listeners
      (LP: #702672)
    - launcher icons dnd doesn't behave correctly when the dash is in use
      (LP: #708885)
    - Keyboard-navigation: highlight stays after losing focus (LP: #713632)
    - Implement AtkComponent for ATK objects in the panel service
      (LP: #715297)
    - Super shortcuts for application place and worskspace swither conflicts
      with compiz keys (LP: #723273)
    - Use DeeIndex instead of strcmp in PlaceEntryHome (LP: #724886)
    - [dash] text cursor not vertically centred in the entry (LP: #724927)
    - Moving cursor in dash text entry field causes cursor artifacts
      (LP: #725493)
    - Missing "children_changed" event emission from the atk support
      (LP: #727137)
    - Typing should immediately search; focusing the search field is fiddly
      (LP: #727295)
    - "Find Internet Apps", "Browse the Web", and "Check Mail" are scattered
      in default Dash (LP: #729009)
    - Press-holding on a icon in the Launcher should de-couple the icon and
      enable the user to reorder the icon vertically without leaving the
      Launcher. (LP: #727922)
    - "Shortcuts" heading in Dash seems pointless (LP: #729000)
    - intellihide is incompatible with totem fullscreen / Still some false
      positive on ws switch (LP: #730679)
    - Launcher - provide visual design for launcher keyboard navigation
      (LP: #702490)
    - Dash - Update the 'Shortcuts' dash home icon (LP: #689763)
    - The Unity panel service Does not connect to the
      INDICATOR_OBJECT...