[Bug 34159] Keyboard focus get lost in Gnome panel

[felix.rommel]

Public bug reported:
https://launchpad.net/malone/bugs/34159

Affects: gnome-panel (Ubuntu)
       Severity: Normal
       Priority: (none set)
         Status: Unconfirmed

Description:
Gnome panel 2.13.92:

The keyboard focus gets lost when navigating with keyboard in Gnome
panel.

How to reproduce:

1. Press Ctrl-Alt-Esc so that you get the focus on the panel.
2. You get a highlighted rectangle which is your keyboard focus.
3. Navigate a little bit with cursor left/right - no problem so far.
4. But if you navigate to the right with cursor right through the application list panel and still press cursor right, the focus of the keyboard gets lost.
5. Now you cannot navigate with the keyboard in the panel any more.
6. Unfocus the panel with i. e. a click with the mouse on the Desktop.
7. Press Ctrl-Alt-Esc again to get the focus on the panel again.
8. Now the problem is you get no keyboard focus any more and you cannot navigate through the panel with cursor left/right.