[upstream] Alt-key behavior doesn't match the rest of Ubuntu

Confirmed on upstream's openoffice.org 2.4.0~rc2

As one of the duplicates notes this also breaks accessibility sticky keys.

Possible related bug: For some inexplicable reason, every thirty seconds or so on my computer, openoffice opens the file menu. If I wait thirty seconds the file menu is closed. I believe this bug combined with another is causing this problem.

I almost never restart my laptop (HP Pavilion dv6000, using Ubuntu 9.04), only put it to sleep. After a few days I get this strange behavior with OpenOffice. Shortly after it is started, the Files menu just pops open. It will go on popping open and close, sometimes shifting to other menus, whatever I do. That makes OpenOffice unusable. The only solution is to at least log out from Gnome and log back in. I've tried to kill and restart metacity but it didn't help. Having to log out and back in, is a problem because I've programs open on non-savable positions.

I can confirm what "warren" wrote in #3.
Ubuntu 9.10 64-bit, OO 3.1.1 OOO310m19 (build 9420)

1) Additional information: I am using nvidia driver version 190 and compiz effects
2) Perhaps it has a link to the problems in http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=80604

Since LibreOffice is going to replace OpenOffice in 11.04, the OpenOffice task on this bug is no longer valid. Can someone who is familiar with this bug please text out the LibreOffice package in the repos and see if the bug is still present? This can be done either using the latest Natty daily build, or pulling down onto you current deaktop installation from the Software Centre.

Sorry, when I said the 'OpenOffice task is no longer valid' I meant with respect to the One Hundred Paper Cuts task. Since LibreOffice is going to replace OpenOffice in April, this can only be considered a paper cut if the bug is still in LibreOffice.

So should I reassign this bug to LibreOffice? The behaviour persisted in the most recent builds I tried.

Dave.

And just to document the workaround for sticky keys here: hitting Alt twice dismisses the file menu, and locks Alt for sticky keys (until Alt is pressed a third time), so to switch windows you can do Alt-Alt-Tab-Alt (in that order) to achieve the same effect as Alt-Tab.

Dave.

Rather than reassigning this bug to LibreOffice, a new report should be filed instead. Even though this is not a valid paper cut, since OpenOffice is in the Software Centre, it's a valid bug.

If someone who understands this bug could file a report against LibreOffice as well as One Hundred Paper Cuts, that would be awesome.

There are already subscribers to this bug report. Let's just open the LibO task here , we know the bug
This bug is an upstream one and it would be quite helpful if somebody experiencing it could send the bug the to the people writing the software. You can learn more about how to do this for various upstreams at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Upstream .
Once submitted upstream , do report back here with the upstream bug number.Thanks in advance!

Perhaps I can re-explain the bug if you don't understand it, Chris? It's quite simple. When you hit Alt and release it in OpenOffice.org or LibreOffice, the File menu is activated (same as if you hit Alt-F). This doesn't match every other GNOME or KDE application, and (importantly) prevents StickyKeys from working properly.

StickyKeys allows people who can't chord on the keyboard (say, people with babies on their knees, or with one arm, or with stiffness in their fingers) to still be able to do things like Ctrl-C or Alt-Tab, because they can hit the Alt key, and it's "sticky" until the next key is hit - so they first hit Alt, then hit Tab, and they switch applications.

Vish: The bug has already been reported upstream in OOo: http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=80604 Isn't that good enough?

Dave, LibO being a fork is now using FDO: https://bugs.freedesktop.org//describecomponents.cgi?product=LibreOffice .
I wouldnt expect /all/ old OOo bugs to just be switched over. it is better if we report the bug at FDO.

It is now fixed in LibreOffice git, see this commit: http://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/libs-gui/commit/?id=db1f9d326bdd678c177eea337997b3c0aefa0c19

Huge props to Lucas for this. Thanks xapantu!

Yea! Nice work.. this bug has been around in OOo since 2007! :-)

3.3.1 has just landed in Natty, fix released :)